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WINES & VINES OAK CONFERENCE FEB. 11, 2015 500 First Street (formerly Copia) Napa Wines & Vines presents an all-day interactive educational experience on oak. Speakers include noted winemakers, academic researchers and international coopers discussing oak wood species, oak sources, grain, stave seasoning, toasting and coopering. Technical tastings from winery and university trials with varied oak products cap the conference. Register at wvoak.com WINES & VINES OAK Top winemakers and scientists Jeffrey Stambor Director of Winemaking, Beaulieu Vineyard Morning Technical Tasting: Winery Oak Trials with barrel staves selected by tannin levels Jeffrey Stambor has been part of the winemaking team at Beaulieu Vineyard for more than 25 years. As the current director of winemaking, he leads production of the winery's world- renowned Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. James A. Kennedy Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Viticulture and Enology, California State University, Fresno Research Keynote on Oak & Tannin Dr. Kennedy is most widely recognized for his research on improving our understanding of grape and wine tannin chemistry, with the primary goal being the improvement of red wine astringency quality. David Ramey Ramey Wine Cellars The Care and Feeding of Oak Barrels: 35 Years of Trial and Error David Ramey, who made wine for top properties including Matanzas Creek, Chalk Hill, Dominus and founded Ramey Wine Cellars, will discuss cooper selection, and how to choose, prepare, use and store barrels. Hugh Chappelle Winegrower & Winemaker, Quivira Vineyards Morning Technical Tasting: Winery Oak Trials with barrel staves selected by tannin levels Hugh Chappelle has been making wine for more than two decades, developing a signature M.O. during that time: to craft wines that are impeccably balanced and true to their origins.