From: william walters <[email protected]> Subject: News from Redwood Region Newsletter Reply: [email protected] der Riesenbaum Redwood Region Newsletter Porsche Club of America Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma June 2007 Issue II, Volume I ; electronic newsletter Bill Walters, Editor Jerry Gladstone, Assistant Editor President's Message - June 2007 Kurt Fischer It is Monday... and I am back to work after a great Redwood Region weekend. Saturday had another great breakfast run to the Dillon Beach Cafe and Sunday it was the Porsche corral at Infineon Raceway for the Wine Country Classics Vintage races. Look for articles on each event is this issue. What a weekend! Many thanks to all the Redwood Region volunteers over this weekend and you have stepped up the plate. Keep it up.... the members make the organization.. this is your club! Our next official event is Gary Bayless' Father's Day Tour to the Redwood Valley for a day of wine tasting on Sunday, June 17th, to sample the wares of 13 different wineries known for their great reds! The cost is $25.00 per glass for all the wineries and they will be serving food too. Join Gary and RSVP to him at [email protected] Our next autocross is on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the beloved Santa Rosa Airport site and based on our past attendance...look for another great time learning car control at its ultimate. Eighteen primary members and their significant others for a total of 36 people are scheduled to go the Porsche Parade from the Redwood Region during the first week of July. A great showing from our Region and our Zone 7 is the second largest contingency at the annual Parade to be held in San Diego with the main dinner being served on the Aircraft Carrier Midway! A great time will be had by all if this is anything like last year's Parade in Portland! Look for a report in the July issue of the der Riesenbaum! July's activities after the Porsche Parade include an autocross on July 14th and the not to be missed...Greg Chambers' fantastic tour of artisan wineries on July 28th. Last year 74 of us were on Greg's tour in 100+ degree heat... WOW... the heat was too much, but the great wines made up for that! Ok... I think I've covered it all. Be safe out there... enjoy our great Redwood Region roads...keep the shiny side up and remember the "flash"! Want me? Need me? Here I [email protected]. Editor's Corner Bill Walters I feel much better with this June issue. The format has taken hold, advertisers and sponsors are in place, photos rock, and the writing is superb...! We are on our way into the future and we can now look forward to what our club brings to you. You were surprisingly supportive in my first attempt at this last month and it was very much appreciated. I also want to personally thank Jerry Gladstone and Kurt Fischer for their help and recognition of what goes into producing this piece. My bruises have almost faded. Hard copies of this electronic version will be printed, folded, taped, stamped and posted to members so requesting, within a week of the electronic delivery. Last month's May issue will be included, so you should be receiving two issues simultaneously by second week of June. Now, for our reading pleasure, Kurt has supplied us with yet another outstanding piece on another rare find, the 1901 Lohner- Porsche. Good read. We have articles on our three wineries tour of May 19th, the Dillon Beach Breakfast Run, Diablo Region's Wash and Shine, our Membership Report, a new thing called, "This Just In"... and...the Classifieds! Speaking of classified's, how come no one called me about my 904 ad? Just seeing if you're paying attention... Also! Photography support is paramount in this issue with stunning shots from John and Kaye Jackson and Jerry Gladstone. They have really stepped it up and make this job a lot easier; now the problem is selecting the ones to publish as there are so many from which to select! See if you're in this issue... It's really great to have all of you that attended these events come out and enjoy the venues, our gracious hosts and hostesses, the food and wines, the roads and scenery and of course your Porsches. From 356 to GT-3, they all bring us smiles and a pleasant rush. Thanks for your support, Ed. Mark Your Calendar June June 2 Redwood Region Breakfast Run Dillon Beach Inn - Contact is Bill Walters June 3 Redwood Region Porsche Corral at Wine Country Historics at Infineon Raceway. Contact is Kurt Fischer June 3 Zone 7 Concours LPR Info: http://www.pca.org/zone7/index.php? June 16 GGR AX Alameda Info: http://www.pca-ggr.org June 17 Zone 7 Concours SVR Info: http://www.pca.org/zone7/index.php?page=concours June 17th Father's Day Tour to Redwood Valley. Contact is Gary Bayless June 23rd Redwood Region Autocross - Contact is Mike Thomas June 26th Redwood Region Board meeting @ Chevy's Novato 7:00PM July July 1st-5th PORSCHE PARADE San Diego. Info: http://www.pcasdr.org/parade/ July 14th Redwood Region Autocross - Contact is Mike Thomas July 15th Zone 7 Concours MBR Info: http://www.pca.org/zone7/index.php?page=concours July 21st GGR AX Alameda Info - http://www.pca-ggr.org/ July 22nd Zone 7 AX #4, Altamont Speedway, Info: http://zone7.pca.org/index.php?page=event&id=200 7ax&event=2007a4 July 28th Redwood Region Artisan Wine Tour. Contact is Greg Chambers July 31st Redwood Region Board meeting @ Rob Neidel home, Petaluma 7:00 pm Is this sweet or what? Jose and Carol Garcia on a mission to Dillon Beach. John & Kaye Jackson pic. Far Niente Winery Tour May 19th Bill Walters Far Niente, Eagle and Rose Estate and Paradise Ridge Wineries all in the same day! David Bunch co-ordinated and planned a very adventuresome tour of three fabulous wineries and a spectacular, if not warm, Northern California Saturday. David had us gather at 8 am at Kal's Kaffe Mocha near the Sonoma County Airport on a short sleeve kind of morning. Fifty of us signed up early to get into this one and we came in with 28 cars. New member Bruce Wint made his first event driving his black '06 911S cabriolet; nice showing. David Bunch giving instructions, Tim Hensel pic. OK. Let's get going. David led us on a meandering drive southeast on down to Sonoma Hwy, passed Annadel State park, out Trinity Road to Acacia Lane which takes us into Far Niente winery founded in 1885, and translates into, "without a care". This place is cool with a nice long driveway to line the cars and when inside we were greeted by Bruce and Melanie Mooers (red '89 speedster..) who gave us a little history of the place and took us around to see the caves and barrel storage. They use the great french oak barrels with a willow tie and we had some wine tasting of their 2004 Cabernet and a 2001 Sauvignon, both supremely tasty. Far Niente's caves were dug out in 1980, and at the time were the first to be constructed in the US since the turn of the century, spawning a new industry in California wine country. The cave contain around 2,500 oak barrels. Incidently, the winery boasts what is thought to be California's oldest, intact bottle of wine, a Muscat, from 1886. There are also 13 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens to take in while visiting. Next, wander over to the Carriage House which featured about 14 cars, a couple of boats and maybe four BMW motorcycles. When I say cars, I mean vintage eye-catchers...a red Speedster, a red Alfa Giulietta, a red Daytona, a blue XKE and a 500 Superfast, a one-off 340 America from 1951...you get the idea. Mouth watering. This fleet was assembled by the late Gil Nickel, who revived Far Niente in 1979 and who was a race driver as well. These cars don't just sit, they are all driven around the area on nice days. Bruce had us get back and focus on the wines once again inside the lobby where we could taste again and purchase some of these very fine wines. The cars, the winery, Bruce Mooers and audience and a cute little speedster. Jerry Gladstone pics. Time to go. Headed out behind David up St. Helena Highway, the Silverado Trail and up and out to Chiles and Pope Valley Roads. Nice drive on some gentle twisty roads past streches of green-vined vineyards with crows flying overhead chased by teams of songbirds. As we have a couple of intersections to transverse, a car or truck or two will invade our parade. Seems a flatbed stacked with wooden folding chairs was one such vehicle and sure enough he lost his load in front of half our line. Anyway, we all made it to the Eagle and Rose Estate located in Pope Valley where we were greeted by founder, Norman Alumbaugh and winemaker Andrew Kahn. (Founded in 1981, Norman's wife Evonne, came up with the name from the eagles soaring overhead) These nice gents took us through some nice tastings of Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Sangiovse and Merlot from their vineyard. After tasting, many of us purchased wines to accompany our picnic lunches.