Calendar
Oct. 6-7 Amador County Vintners Harvest Wine Festival in Plymouth, Calif. Details: amador- wine.com.
OCTOBER
Oct. 21 Pinot on the River tasting festival in Healdsburg, Calif. Details: pinotfestival.com.
Oct. 24 Exporting Wine to China, a panel discussion presented by The Seminar Group at The Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa, Calif. Details: theseminargroup.net.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 7 Napa Viticulture Fair at the Napa Val- ley Exposition Fairgrounds. Details: napa- growers.org.
Nov. 8-10 HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair at the Hong Kong Conven- tion and Exhibition Center. Details: hkwinefair. hktdc.com.
Nov. 12-13 Sustainable Ag Expo highlighting farming research, resource issues and business trends in sustainable agriculture in Monterey, Calif. Details: sustainableagexpo.org.
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UNIVERSITY COURSES
Oct. 13-14/University of California, Davis Exten- sion—Introduction to Sensory Evaluation of Wine (course No. 122VIT200.) Offered at the Davis, Calif., campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: extension.ucdavis.edu.
Oct. 26/Sonoma State University Wine Busi- ness Program—Building a Profitable Wine Club (course No. 3982), 8 a.m.-noon. Data, Trends and Coverage of the Wine Business and How to Capitalize on Them (course No. 3983), 1-5 p.m. For details and enrollment, visit ssuexed.com.
Nov. 1/University of California, Davis, Exten- sion—Taxation and Accounting for the Small Vineyard (course No. 122VIT205.) Offered at the Davis, Calif., campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: extension.ucdavis.edu.
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Nov. 2/University of California, Davis, Exten- sion—Taxation and Accounting for the Small Winery (course No. 122VIT206) designed for wineries producing 60,000 cases or less. Of- fered at the Davis, Calif., campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: extension.ucdavis.edu.
Nov. 2/Sonoma State University Wine Business Program—Practical Strategies to Increase Wine eCommerce Sales (course No. 3946), from 8
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Nov. 14-15 Wine Tour- ism Conference at the Flamingo Resort, Santa Rosa, Calif. Details: winetour- ismconference.org.
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Nov. 14-18 Flavor! Napa Valley festival. Details: flavornapavalley.com.
Nov. 27-29 Vinitech-Sifel international exhibi- tion of equipment and innovations, Bordeaux, France. Details: vinitech.fr.
Nov. 28-Dec. 1 VitiNord conference about cold- climate viticulture and winemakering at The University of Applied Sciences in Neubranden- burg, Germany, and Zachodniopomorski Uni- werstet Technologiczny w Szcezecini, Poland. Details: vitinord-nb2012.org.
JANUARY
Jan. 23-24 Direct to Consumer Wine Sympo- sium at the South San Francisco Conference Center (Calif.) Details: dtcwinesymposium.com.
Jan. 29-31 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento, Calif. Details: unifiedsymposium.org.
a.m. to noon. Practical Vineyard Management (course No. 3947), from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For details and enrollment, visit ssuexed.com.
Nov. 3/University of California, Davis Exten- sion—Establishing the Small Vineyard (course No. 122VIT202.) Offered at the Davis, Calif., campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: exten- sion.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.
Nov. 9/Sonoma State University Wine Business Program—Selling Wine to Restaurants and Retailers (course No. 3948), 8 a.m.-noon. Cur- rent and Upcoming Winery Compliance Issues (course No. 3949), 1-5 p.m. For details and enrollment, visit ssuexed.com.
Nov. 16/Sonoma State University Wine Busi- ness Program—ReVision your Customer Experi- ence Management Program (course No. 3950), from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Easy Ways to Success- ful Direct Marketing (course No. 3951), 1-5 p.m. Details: sonoma.edu.
Nov. 28/University of California, Davis Exten- sion—Current Issues in Vineyard Health (course No. 122VIT204.) Offered at the Davis, Calif., campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: exten- sion.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.
Nov. 30/University of California, Davis Exten- sion—Public Relations and Social Media for Small Wineries (course No. 122VIT203.) Of- fered at the Davis, Calif., campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Details: extension.ucdavis.edu.
