Faces & Forums
74 WINES&VINES March 2017
Unified Wine
& Grape Symposium
Thousands of wine industry profes-
sionals descended on Sacramento,
Calif., during the final week of January
for North America's largest trade event
catering to wine industry workers and
suppliers. Educational sessions and
a jam-packed trade show floor were
popular features at the 23rd Unified
Wine & Grape Symposium hosted by
the American Society for Enology and
Viticulture and the California Associa-
tion of Winegrape Growers.
Milan Vujnic is the winemaker and vineyard man-
ager at Truro Vineyards and South Hollow Spirits.
Natalie McEnroe attends Unified on behalf
of Hahn Family Wines of Soledad, Calif.
Tondi Bolkan and Lise Asimont of Francis Ford Coppola Presents (from left) spoke on a panel with Leticia
Chacon-Rodriguez of Safe Harbor Wines. Asimont also serves as Unified program committee chair.
Wine professionals from Santiago, Chile, include (from left) Paula Vilches of Servicio Agricola
y Ganadero and Eugenio Cox, Jimena Balic and Alejandra Soto of I+D Vinos de Chile S.A.
Maayan Koschitzky and Meghan Zobeck repre-
sent wine consulting firm Atelier Melka.
Mia Molinar, production assistant at Hanzell Vine-
yards, checks out the trade show floor.
REBECCA
ARNN
