Calendar FEbRuARy
Feb. 3 sonoma County Winegrape Commission small grower and winemaker meeting, sCWC boardroom, santa rosa, Calif. Details: sonoma winegrape.org/events/calendar.
Feb. 4-7 Midwest Grape & Wine Conference, st. Charles, Mo. Details: midwestgrapeandwine- conference.com.
Feb. 8-11 Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers annual meeting and trade show. Three rivers Convention Center, Kennewick, Wash. Details: wawgg.org.
Feb. 9-11 Hospitality law Conference, Houston, Texas. Details: hospitalitylawconference.com.
Feb. 17-19 Cold Climate Grape & Wine Confer- ence, Minneapolis, Minn. Details: mngrapes.org.
Feb. 17-19 virginia vineyards Association Winter Technical Meeting, Charlottesville, va. Details: virginiavineyardsassociation.com.
Feb. 19 san Francisco Chronicle Wine Competi- tion's public tasting, Fort Mason, san Fran-
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cisco, Calif. Details: winejudging.com.
Feb. 21-23 Oregon Wine Industry symposium, eugene, Ore. sponsored by the Oregon Wine board. Details: oregonwine.org/symposium.
Feb. 22-25 symposium for Professional Wine Writers, st. Helena, Calif. Open to published editorial wine, wine/food and wine/travel writers and editors. Details: winewriterssymposium.org.
Feb. 23 sonoma County Grape Day, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, santa rosa, Calif. Present- ed by UCCe. Details: cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/ viticulture717.
MARCH
March 3-5 nebraska Winery and Grape Grow- ers Forum and Trade show, Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center, Kearney, neb. Details: agronomy.unl.edu/viticulture.
March 3-5 Texas Wine and Grape Growers Asso- ciation Conference, san Marcos, Texas. Details: txwines.org/conference.
March 9-11 China Drinktec, Guangzhou, China.
interna-
tional exhibition for brewery, beverage and liquid packag- ing. Details: china- sinopack.com.
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March 10-11 best Practices for Owning & Oper- ating a Winery seminar, Hyatt vineyard Creek, santa rosa, Calif. Details: theseminargroup. net/seminar.lasso?seminar=11.WIneCA.
March 15-16 Central Coast vIne symposium, Paso robles, Calif. Details: vinesymposium.com.
March 27-29 ProWein 2011 International Trade Fair for Wine and spirits, Düsseldorf, Germany. Details: mdna.com.
March 28-30 International Wine Microbiology symposium, Tenaya lodge, Yosemite, Calif. Details: jcast.csufresno.edu/ve.
March 29 - April 1 Wineries Unlimited, Trade show & Conference, richmond, va. Details: wineriesunlimited.com.
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Feb. 10, 14 & 17: Wine Club Management Feb. 11, 16 & 18: Online Wine Professional Certificate March 4, 11 & 18: Management Core March 8, 15, & 22: Online Wine Management March 18: Demystifying Financials March 24, 31, April 7: Tasting room Profes- sional Certificate
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March 18: building a Profitable Wine Club March 18: Introduction to Tasting room Man- agement March 25: Managing the Performance of Tast- ing room employees March 25: The DnA of Consumer experience
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