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SPOTLIGHT WINE INDUSTRY CALENDAR Jan. 18-19: The fifth annual Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium, a comprehensive summit on direct marketing and sales, will be held at the Stan- ford Court Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit www.dtcwinesymposium.com. Jan. 24-26: The 2012 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium will feature a broad spectrum of edu- cational sessions and a two-day trade show. The largest wine and grape conference in the nation, the symposium will take place at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, Calif. For more information, visit www.uni- fiedsymposium.org. Jan. 26-28: Winemakers and zinfandel lovers will convene at the ZAP Zinfandel Festival. The event, which will take place at San Francisco's Fort Mason Cen- ter and the Westin St. Francis hotel, will feature a food and zin- fandel pairing, flights, an evening with winemakers and a grand tasting. See www.zinfandel.org for details. Jan. 27-29: The Naples Winter Wine Festival, organized by the trustees of the Naples (Fla.) Chil- dren & Education Foundation, supports underprivileged and at- risk children. For a schedule of events, visit www.napleswinef- estival.com. Jan. 31 & Feb. 3: The Wine Mar- ket Council Seventh Annual U.S. Wine Consumer Trends presentation will feature new research on older Millennials and younger "Mini-llennials." Pre- sentations will take place in New York City on Jan. 31 and at the Event Center at Vintners Inn in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Feb. 3. Visit www.winemarketcouncil.com for details. Feb. 2: The Virginia Vineyards Association Annual Technical Meeting and Trade Show will be held in Charlottesville, Va., orga- nized by the Virginia Vineyards WWW.VWM-ONLINE.COM Association. Event details can be found at www.virginiavineyard- sassociation.com. Feb. 7-10: The Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers Annual Meeting & Trade Show, to be held at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Wash., will feature sessions and workshops for Northwest grow- ers and wineries. For details, see www.wawgg.org. Feb. 9: Is the entry deadline for the 2012 International Eastern Wine Competition, organized by Vineyard & Winery Management and held in early March. See www.vwm-online.com/iewc for details. Feb. 9-12: The 2012 Midwest Grape & Wine Conference and Trade Show, the third-largest wine industry trade show in the United States, will be held in St. Charles, Mo. To register, visit www.midwestgrape.com. Feb. 14: The 2012 Current Wine and Winegrape Research pre- sentation, organized by UC Davis Extension and featuring a wine reception co-sponsored by the American Vineyard Foundation and the National Grape and Wine Initiative, will take place at UC Davis, in Davis, Calif. See www. extension.ucdavis.edu/winemak- ing for more information. Feb. 16-18: The 2012 Texas Wine and Grape Growers Asso- ciation Annual Conference & Trade Show will take place at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos. Details can be found at www. txwines.org/conference/default. asp. Feb. 20-22: The 2012 Oregon Wine Industry Symposium, to be held in Eugene, is organized by the Oregon Wine Growers Asso- ciation/Oregon Wine Board. Find details at www.oregonwine.org. Feb. 23-25: The 2012 Cold Climate Grape & Wine Con- ference, organized by the Minne- sota Grape Growers Association, will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in St. Paul, Minn. The event features a combination of academics and industry profes- sionals. For details, see http:// mngrapegrowers.com. Feb. 29: This is the entry dead- line for the U.S. National Wine Competition, organized by Vine- yard & Winery Management. The judging will take place in early April. See www.vwm-online. com/uwnwc for details. March 4-6: ProWein 2012, the international trade fair, will once again convene at the exhibition center in Düsseldorf, Germany. The fair includes a comprehen- sive event program and unique tasting area. More information can be found at www.prowein. com. March 8-9: The 6th Annual Best Practices for Owning & Operat- ing a Winery Seminar will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn in Napa, Calif. This Seminar Group presentation will examine a host of facilities management top- ics from land use to equipment acquisition. See www.thesemi- nargroup.net for details. March 15: Organized by UC Davis Extension, the 2012 Recent Advances in Viticulture and Enology (RAVE) conference will explore the latest research on the microbes of wine and how to manage them. The event will be held UC Davis' Freeborn Hall. Visit www.extension.ucdavis. edu/winemaking for more infor- mation. March 27-29: Wineries Unlim- ited, the largest wine industry conference and trade show east of the Rockies, will be held in Richmond, Va. See www.winer- iesunlimited.com for details on this annual event for the Eastern industry, hosted by Vineyard & Winery Management. The early bird deadline is Jan. 31. JAN - FEB 2012 VINEYARD & WINERY MANAGEMENT 135