22 WINES&VINES February 2017
WINE INDUSTRY NEWS
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S
anta Rosa, Calif.—The Wines & Vines
Oak Conference will move to a spacious
new location at the Sonoma County
Fairgrounds on April 26, enabling more trials
tastings, more fine-tuned sessions content and
a larger trade show.
The one-day meeting and trade show was
created specifically for winemakers and other
winery personnel who make decisions about
purchasing, using and maintaining barrels and
oak adjuncts.
More than 20 exhibitors in the expanded
exhibit areas and courtyard will be offering
oak trials at their booths, demonstrating toast-
ing and barrel repairs and sharing oak research
papers.
In addition, this year's conference offers
added content on fermentation and enology
products and processes, and more time devoted
to cellar management.
Session topics
• Tools and techniques for cellar management,
covering tracking and scanning, cleaning and
sanitizing, cellar cooling and humidification
and seismic safety;
• Red barrel fermentation workflow, covering
equipment and maneuvers for accomplishing
red-wine barrel fermentation, including fill-
ing barrels, cap management, moving and
draining barrels, etc., plus winery trials
tasting;
• Focus on barrel aging of Pinot Noir, a panel
discussion and tasting with leading wine-
makers who will share how and why they
use specific barrels and cellar practices;
• Élevage without barrels, a look at maturing
red and white wines with barrel adjuncts,
alternative aging vessels, micro-oxygenation
and more;
• Managing phenolics during fermentation, a
panel discussion about new enology products
and how to best use them.
To see the full schedule and to register,
please go to wvoak.com.
—Jim Gordon
Oak Conference Moves to Sonoma County
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