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Sonoma Cast Stone .......................... 41, 67 Sonoma County Farm Bureau ................. 75 Sonoma County Winegrape Commission ....................................... 75 Sonoma State University Wine Business Institute ..................... 77 Spec Trellesing ....................................... 75 Spokane Industries Inc. .......................... 67 St. Patrick's of Texas ........................ 57, 71 StaVin Inc. ........................................ 23, 68 Steamericas ........................................... 71 Summit State Bank................................. 77 Sunridge Nurseries Inc. .................... 56, 73 Swihart's LLC ................................... 78, 73 TAPP Label ....................................... 22, 73 The Ranch Winery ............................ 37, 77 The Winemaker's Database Inc. ....... 70, 77 Thermo Fischer Scientific ....................... 69 Thoroughbred Spirits Group LLC ............ 77 Tonnellerie Ô .......................................... 68 Tonnellerie Orion .................................... 68 Tonnellerie Quintessence ....................... 68 Tonnellerie Sirugue ................................. 68 TopNest Designs .................................... 73 Transition Equipment Company .............. 66 TricorBraun WinePak .......................... 2, 80 tru/tan .................................................... 71 Turrentine Brokerage .............................. 77 TW Boswell ............................................ 68 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium LLC ................................. 73 Union Bank ...................................... 26, 78 United Federal Credit Union ................... 78 VA Filtration ...................................... 53, 78 Valentin Thierion ..................................... 66 Vance Metal Fabricators Inc.............. 44, 68 VineView - Scientific Aerial Imaging ........ 75 Vineyard Industry Products Co................ 75 VinPerfect Inc. ........................................ 80 vinSuite .................................................. 73 Vintage 99 Label ..................................... 73 Vintage Nurseries ............................. 12, 73 Vintuitive Winemaking Tools LLC ............ 71 Waterloo Container Company ........... 11, 80 Watermark Labels ............................ 72, 73 Westec Tank & Equipment Co. ......... 25, 80 Western Square Industries ............... 46, 68 Wine Compliance Alliance ...................... 78 Wine Country Shipping ........................... 73 Wine Management Systems .................. 73 WineCompliance.com......................100, 78 WineTalent ............................................. 78 World Cooperage ................................... 69 Wright Global Graphics ..................... 90, 73 XTRACHÊNE (formerly known as XTRAOAK) ........... 69 Xüdle ...................................................... 73 Aug. 11: UC Davis Extension presents a Supervisory Skills and Management Development Information Session, a free online course from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. PDT. Learn more at www.exten- sion.ucdavis.edu/subject-areas/one-day-skills-courses. Aug. 11-13: The 40th Annual Society of Wine Educators Conference will feature more than 55 sessions with topics ranging from Bordeaux to recent developments in wine and health. The conference will be held at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. To learn more, visit www.societyofwineeducators.org. Aug. 11-14: The Wine Bloggers Conference is a gathering of citizen wine bloggers, industry bloggers and other wine and social media pro- fessionals from around the world. Organized by Zephyr Conferences, the event will be held in Lodi, Calif. For more information, visit www. winebloggersconference.org. Aug. 13-15: Texsom Best Sommelier Competition and Conference will be held at the Four Seasons Resort & Club in Los Colinas, Texas. Learn more at www.texsom.com. Aug. 21: Family Winemakers will host its annual tasting of family-pro- duced and hard-to-find California wines at the Cruise Terminal, Pier 27, in San Francisco. The Sunday tasting is a one-day event featuring 500 wines offered by more than 125 wineries from 60 of California's appellations. Aug. 23-34: The UC Davis Wine Microbiology Workshop will explore the microscopic world at work when grapes become wine. To learn more about this workshop, which will be held at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science in Davis, Calif., visit www.extension.ucdavis.edu/wine. Aug. 28-30: The Western Foodservice Hospitality Expo will feature the latest menu trends, business education and 500 vendors and pur- veyors dedicated to serving the restaurant and foodservice commu- nity. This year also includes a Latin pavilion. For details, visit www. westernfoodexpo.com. Sept. 2-4: Sonoma Wine Country Weekend is Sonoma County's largest charity event, bringing together more than 200 of Sonoma's top wine- makers and growers, along with a collection of the area's best chefs. Jointly produced by the Sonoma County Vintners and the Sonoma Val- ley Vintners & Growers Foundation, all proceeds benefit local Sonoma charities. Learn more at www.sonomawinecountryweekend.com. Sept. 9-10: Winesong is an annual charity auction and wine and food tasting produced by the Mendocino Coast Hospital Foundation. For more information on this year's event in Mendocino, Calif., visit www. winesong.org. Nov. 8-10: The Wine Marketing & Tourism Conference provides information to grow and improve local wine tourism offerings. It also offers a forum for meeting fellow leaders in the wine tourism industry. The 2016 conference will take place in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the Texas Hill Country. Visit www.winetourismconference.org for details. 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