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20 W i n e s & V i n e s O C T O B e R 2 0 1 4 S E P T E M B E R N E W S O C T O B E R N E W S S an Rafael, Calif.—In the wake of the sold-out, inaugural Wines & Vines Packaging Conference held Aug. 20 in Napa, Calif., Wines & Vines announced that it will make the conference an annual event and set the date of Aug. 19, 2015, for the next W&V Pack. At the same time, the San Rafael-based media company declared plans for an entirely new conference on a topic equally interesting to its thousands of winery readers: oak, as in oak barrels and oak add-ins for wine. The first Wines & Vines Oak Conference is now sched- uled for Feb. 11, 2015 (a Wednesday). "We hope that winery owners, winemakers and other winery personnel save the dates now for both 2015 events," said Wines & Vines publisher Chet Klingensmith. "The second packaging conference and the new oak conference will give attendees and exhibitors a deeper, more detailed learn- ing experience that will build on what they learn at the large-scale, all-inclusive wine industry shows." W&V Oak, convening in Napa at a venue to be confirmed, will include breakfast, lunch, numerous conference sessions and a trade show with 40 exhibitors who supply oak barrels, tanks, oak add-ins, barrel racks, barrel-cleaning equipment and more. Interested exhibitors are invited to contact associate publisher Tina Vierra at (415) 453- 9700, ext. 102, or tina@winesandvines.com. Wines & Vines is now recruiting speakers including noted winemakers, academic re- searchers and international coopers to share their knowledge of oak with an emphasis on innovations. Topics will include different oak wood species, oak sources, grain, stave sea- soning, toasting, coopering and finishing along with technical tastings of winery and university trials with varied oak products. Winemakers and researchers interested in sharing their recent experiences and oak tri- als at the conference are invited to contact Wines & Vines editor Jim Gordon at jim@ winesandvines.com. "We'd love to hear about trials winemakers have done in their own cellars that we could share with others attending the conference." Gordon said. —Wines & Vines staff C M Y CM MY CY CMY K AACWVAdcovered48I201402p.pdf 1 6/26/14 1:57 PM Wines & Vines Announces New Oak Conference Oak forests and species, seasoning and toasting are among the topics planned for the Wines & Vines Oak Conference. TONNELLERIE Ô