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MAY NEWS Free Trade to continue the groups' efforts to expand and streamline direct wine shipping. The symposium also announced that Karen Barnes would chair the 2014 summit. Barnes founded Wine Direct Marketing Services in Napa, Calif., in 2002. Details: dtcwinesymposium.com. Winesecrets president Eric Dahlberg (right) accepts an award from Claudio Calvo, a veteran reemployment representative with the California Employment Development Department. Winesecrets honored for hiring veterans The California Employee Advisory Council awarded Winesecrets of Sebastopol, Calif., with its Veteran Employer of the Year award for the small business category. Since January 2011 the firm has hired seven veterans, five of whom were discharged from the service within the past five years. Winesecrets still employs four of the veterans, while two have advanced to positions at wineries in the area. DtC Wine Symposium raises $126,000 The sixth annual Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium held in January raised $126,000, which will be divided between Free the Grapes! and the Coalition for Flavor firms establish joint venture Virginia Dare of Brooklyn, N.Y., a U.S. flavor company, partnered with We-e Flavors of China to open a full-service flavor company based in Shanghai, China. Details: virginiadare.com. Walheim joins Ramondin after spending 18 years with California Glass. Sanchez joins Janson Capsules Liliana Sanchez is the North American account manager for Janson Capsules of Napa, Calif. A native of Sonoma County, Calif., Sanchez is a former sales executive for Saverglass Inc. Liliana Sanchez New Tonnellerie Mercier rep Tim Olson is the new California agent for barrel and tank sales at Calistoga, Calif.-based Tonnellerie Mercier. Olson has 26 years of winemaking experience and four years in cooperage sales and marketing. He is also a partner in Olson Ogden Wines in Santa Rosa, Calif. New sales manager for Ramondin Mark Walheim is the new U.S. sales manager for Ramondin USA in Napa, Calif. Your success is our prioritY Vogelsang promotes sales director Rich Owens is the new sales director for pump manufacturer Vogelsang USA Inc. in Ravenna, Ohio. Owens is the company's former national sales manager. CORRECTION Enartis Vinquiry was mistakenly omitted from a list of oak barrel alternative suppliers in the April issue of Wines & Vines. Enartis Vinquiry's Incanto chips and ministaves are available from French and American oak sources with a variety of toast profiles. Learn more at enartisvinquiry.com. Tasting Room Focus Analysis, Best Practices & Trends: A newsletter for managers of tasting rooms, wine clubs and DTC wine sales. A monthly email newsletter with the latest: • xpert advice about tasting E rooms, inside sales, wine clubs, leadership, online marketing and data metrics; • irect-to-consumer (DtC) D and wine flash sales analysis; • Featured tasting room suppliers. April features Understand how your customers are hearing about you Varietal tasting events April advertisers Cortizza—Discover the luxury of cork Society of Wine Educators—Great programs for TR staff Sign up today! Email trf@winesandvines.com Or visit winesandvines.com/TRF 26 w in e S & v i ne S M AY 2 0 1 3