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Pat Knittel Craft Talk
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Pat Knittel joined our Club at President Vanessa's first meeting on July 8th. She jumped right in, and has been a great Sunriser. But what did we really know about her? Well, we learned a lot from her Craft Talk!
Pat's family moved here from Southern California when she was three years old. She grew up in Freshwater, attending Garfield School (which has since been demolished). She showed us a photo of the Times-Standard being delivered to her home via horse. She still lives in the house where she grew up.
She was a music major in college, and worked in banking for a while, trying to decide "what I wanted to do when I grew up".. She went to Napa and attended Napa Valley College and the UC Davis remote program there "to learn how to ferment things". For 15 years, she worked in wine industry in Napa and Sonoma Counties, and she even participated in two harvests in New Zealand, learning more at each stop. One of the important things she learned from her mentors was that you can't take a "recipe" approach to winemaking. You have to work with each individual harvest, maximizing the qualities of the fruit you have in hand.
In 2014, she moved back to our community, and she soon founded North Story Wines and the Wrangletown Cider Company. She started Wrangletown because apples are a big part of the history of Humboldt County. Pat uses only the juice she gets in the fall of each year, all from local orchards. This practice allows her to identify the bottles with orchard-specific labels, so you know just where the cider comes from. She told us that her winemaking background has been critical to creating the best possible cider.
Pat told us that among her favorite things are ... dogs! In about 2009, she had a dog that had some issues, so she sought assistance from behavioral trainers in the Bay Area. Her research led her to take classes in the subject, and she became a trainer and puppy socialization expert.
You can find Pat (and her ciders and wines) at Wrangletown Cider Company and North Story Wines at 955 I Street, in downtown Arcata.
Pat's family moved here from Southern California when she was three years old. She grew up in Freshwater, attending Garfield School (which has since been demolished). She showed us a photo of the Times-Standard being delivered to her home via horse. She still lives in the house where she grew up.
She was a music major in college, and worked in banking for a while, trying to decide "what I wanted to do when I grew up".. She went to Napa and attended Napa Valley College and the UC Davis remote program there "to learn how to ferment things". For 15 years, she worked in wine industry in Napa and Sonoma Counties, and she even participated in two harvests in New Zealand, learning more at each stop. One of the important things she learned from her mentors was that you can't take a "recipe" approach to winemaking. You have to work with each individual harvest, maximizing the qualities of the fruit you have in hand.
In 2014, she moved back to our community, and she soon founded North Story Wines and the Wrangletown Cider Company. She started Wrangletown because apples are a big part of the history of Humboldt County. Pat uses only the juice she gets in the fall of each year, all from local orchards. This practice allows her to identify the bottles with orchard-specific labels, so you know just where the cider comes from. She told us that her winemaking background has been critical to creating the best possible cider.
Pat told us that among her favorite things are ... dogs! In about 2009, she had a dog that had some issues, so she sought assistance from behavioral trainers in the Bay Area. Her research led her to take classes in the subject, and she became a trainer and puppy socialization expert.
You can find Pat (and her ciders and wines) at Wrangletown Cider Company and North Story Wines at 955 I Street, in downtown Arcata.
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