Wine Industry Symposium Group

14th Annual Central Coast Event

SET FOR

MARCH 12 2009

Embassy Suites, San Luis Obispo, California

GAINING GLOBAL RECOGNITION FOR QUALITY

Thursday, March 13, 2008         

 8:00 - 8:30 A.M.   REGISTRATION

 8:30 - 8:45 A.M.   WELCOME  

                                  Kathy Archer, President, Wine Industry Symposium Group

8:45 - 9:00 A.M.   WINE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW & SURVEY RESULTS   

                                 David Freed, Chairman, The UCC Group

9:00–9:45 A.M.     SIXTY YEARS AND THREE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY FARMING

 Brian Talley, President, Talley Farms and Talley Vineyards

9:45 - 10:00 A.M. GET ACQUAINTED BREAK

10:00 – 11:00 A.M.   THE GRAPE MARKET IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

                                Glenn Proctor, Partner Broker, Joseph W. Ciatti & Co., Moderator

                                Gale Sysock, Production Manager, Delicato Family Vineyards

                                Matt Heil, Manager, Grower Relations, Constellation Wines US

                                Ron Niino, President, Vintage Solutions

11:00 - 12:00 A.M.   BULLETPROOF COMPLIANCE WORKFLOWS FOR YOUR DIRECT SALES

                                Jeff Carroll, Production Manager, Ship Compliant , Six88 Solutions

                               Annie Bones, State Relations Coordinator, Wine Institute

                                Rachel Dumas Rey, President, Compli, Inc.  

 12:00 - 1:15 P.M.  LUNCHEON

 1:15 – 2:00 P.M.   SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR CONSUMER?

                                 Bump Williams, EVP, General Manager Global Consulting,

                                 Information Resources, Inc.      

 2:00- 3:00 P.M.    WINE INDUSTRY 2015:  PREPARING THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW’S MARKET LANDSCAPE 

                 Vivien Gay, CEO and Founder of Vinum Global 

                     Mitch Schwartz, VP,  Inertia Beverage Group

                              Tim Snider, Vice President, Fess Parker Winery

 3:00- 4:00  P. M.    BUSINESS ISSUES:  CREDIT, VALUES, SALES, AND HOT TOPICS

                              Janet Olivera, CPA & Partner, C&D LLP

                              Matt Allen, Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Matt Allen

                              Greg Bland, Sr. Vice President, Bank of America

                              Jonathan Goldman, Director, Silverado Partners

                              Dave Hamel. Appraiser, Hamel Appraisal Company

 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.   CLOSING REMARKS & WINETASTING     

The Speaker Sponsor Dinner

is being held on March 12th Courtyard by Marriott in San Luis Obispo with Chef Jose’ Dahan of Et Viola!  The restaurant is located at 1605 Calle Joaquin Rd in San Luis Obispo.  Christian Tietje, winemaker at Four Vines,  will be our dinner speaker.   

 Program subject to change

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