Faces & Forums
66 Wines&Vines March 2015
Unified Wine
& Grape Symposium
More than 14,000 wine industry pro-
fessionals and suppliers gathered in
Sacramento, Calif., starting Jan. 27 for
three days of education and camraderie
at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
organized by the California Association
of Winegrape Growers and the American
Society for Enology & Viticulture. Read
more on page 16.
barbara
summer
Winemaker
Marcus Miller (left)
and viticulturist
Matt Hatfield
look for ideas
to take home
to Prosser, Wash.-
based Airfield
Estates Winery.
San Pasqual Winery
owners Linda (left)
and Mike McWilliams
traveled to Sacra-
mento from San Diego
County, Calif., where
Linda McWilliams also
serves as president of
the San Diego County
Vintners Association.
Jose Pena of
Beringer (left) visits
the Wines & Vines
booth with Miguel
Lopez of Treasury
Wine Estates.
B.R. Cohn's assistant winemaker Melissa Smith (left)
and winemaker Tom Montgomery check out exhibits.
As vineyard
manager
for Jackson
Family Wines,
Mariano
Navarro Jr.
oversees
vineyards in
Napa Valley.
Mike Cleary peruses the trade
show for his Michael Valentine
Vineyard in Freestone, Calif.