Faces & Forums
82 WINES&VINES October 2015
Wines & Vines
Packaging
Conference
A crowd of 370 attendees packed the
former Copia building at 500 First St.
in Napa, Calif., on Aug. 19 for the sec-
ond annual Wines & Vines Packag-
ing Conference. Highlights included
Meiomi founder Joe Wagner's talk
about the importance of good de-
sign, two tasting sessions, a "speed
dating" hour for winery professionals
to consult design experts and the
inaugural packaging competition.
BARBARA
GELFAND
SUMMER
Jeff Hester consults with Jennifer Lamb of Herb Lamb
Vineyards during a design-focused 'speed-dating' session.
Mark Schmick (left) of Collotype
Labels chats with Greg Newton
of Terlato
Wine
Group.
Attendees (above)
join a tasting session
about alternative
packaging.
Designer Jim Moon (left) speaks to Jean-Marc
Buisson of Truett-Hurst Winery.
Sara Nelson shows off a bottle she
designed that won best overall.
Zhuomei Wu (from left), Chris Vil-
lalovez, Marna Moretti and Tami
Lovett-Brumfield from Sebastiani.
Wendy Rose of UnionPack and Dan Wilson of St. Supéry
celebrate their award for most innovative packaging.
Geoff Mayer of 4Parts Design con-
siders packaging competition entries.
Joe Wagner speaks about Meiomi.
