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WINE INDUSTRY CALENDAR
Nov. 6-9: Save the date for the fourth annual Paso
Robles Garagiste Festival. Get details at www.
garagistefestival.com.
Nov. 8: Discover how to evaluate base wines and
more at the Art of Blending. This seminar, orga-
nized by First Crush Wine Experiences, will be held
at 2975 Limestone Way in Paso Robles, Calif. Learn
more at www.firstcrushwinemaking.com.
Nov. 12-14: Wineries, hotels, restaurants and other
tourism businesses can benefit from the Wine Tour-
ism Conference, to be held at the Paso Robles Inn
in Paso Robles, Calif. Details are available at www.
winetourismconference.org.
Nov. 13: ROOTSTOCK debuts at the Napa Expo
Fairgrounds. Presented by the Napa Valley Grape-
growers, this one-day summit combines Napa's
Wine + Grape EXPO and Viticulture Fair into one
annual showcase. For more information, visit
www.napagrowers.org.
Nov. 14: This is the entry deadline for Vineyard &
Winery Management's Grand Harvest Awards, the
only wine-judging event in North America based on
terroir. For details, see www.winecompetitions.com.
Nov. 15-16: The Introduction to Sensory Evalua-
tion of Wine is for novice oenophiles. Lectures by
UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology fac-
ulty will be interspersed throughout the program, to
be held at the UC Davis Extension Da Vinci Building.
Find details at www. extension.ucdavis.edu/wine-
making.
Nov. 28-30: The China International Wine Industry
Expo is expected to draw some 180 international
and 420 domestic exhibitors to the China Interna-
tional Exhibition Center in Beijing. The event is orga-
nized by Beijing Haiming Huibo Exhibition Co. Ltd.
Learn more at www.bestwinechina.com.
Dec. 2: Guest instructors, chosen for their involve-
ment in developing solutions to the problems asso-
ciated with grape pests and diseases, will lead
Current Issues in Vineyard Health. Organized by
UC Davis Extension, the seminar will take place at
the UC Davis Conference Center. See www.exten-
sion.ucdavis.edu/winemaking for details.
Dec. 2-4: VINITECH-SIFEL, the international trade
show for the wine, fruit and vegetable production
sectors, expects to welcome more than 45,000 pro-
fessionals and 850 exhibitors representing 1,200
brands to the Bordeaux-Lac Parc des Expositions
in Bordeaux, France. Visit http://vinitech.fr/en/ for
details.
Jan. 14-15: The Direct to Consumer Wine Sympo-
sium, the national summit on wine direct marketing
and sales and sponsored by Free the Grapes!, will
hold its eighth annual event at the Hilton Concord
Hotel in Concord, Calif. Find details at www.dtc-
winesymposium.com.
Jan 20: This is the early-bird registration deadline
for Craft Beverages Unlimited (formerly known as
Wineries Unlimited), a conference and trade show
for the eastern wine, beer and spirits industries.
The event will be held March 4-5 at the Greater
Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Va. See
www.craftbeveragesunlimited.com for details.
Jan 20: Early-bird registration ends for the Midwest
Grape & Wine + Craft Brew conference, to be held
March 10-12 in St. Charles, Mo. See www.midwest-
grape.com for details.
Jan. 27-29: Save the date for the 2015 Unified Wine
& Grape Symposium, to be held at the Sacramento
Convention Center in Sacramento, Calif. More infor-
mation is available at www.unifiedsymposium.org.
Feb. 10-13: The 2015 Washington Association of
Wine Grape Growers Annual Meeting will take
place in Kennewick, Wash. Visit www.wawgg.org
for more information.
Feb. 17-20: Published, professional writers on wine,
food and wine-travel are invited to attend the Sym-
posium for Professional Wine Writers at Meado-
wood Napa Valley and The Culinary Institute of
America, Greystone. Learn more at www.winewrit-
erssymposium.org.
Feb. 19-21: The 2015 Texas Wine & Grape Growers
Association Annual Conference and Trade Show
will be held at the Embassy Suites San Marcos Hotel in
San Marcos, Texas. Learn more at www.txwines.org.
