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2008 WINE INDUSTRY FINANCIAL SYMPOSIUM

17th Annual Event

“THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN”

Monday, September 22, 2008

 Seminar & Symposium Registration - 11:00 a.m.

Monday Networking Luncheon - 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Wine Industry Financial Seminars - 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 Reception & Dinner - 6:30.p.m. to 9:30 p.m.-SOLD OUT

Mumm Napa Valley SOLD OUT

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

 Registration - 7: 15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Wine Industry Financial Symposium - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Presentation of the 2008 Wine Industry Financial Symposium Survey

In conjunction with the Graduate School of Management, U.C. Davis

PLEASE DOWNLOAD SURVEYS HERE.

VINEYARD    WINERY  DISTRIBUTOR

 

Financial Sponsors’ Wine Tasting & Reception- 4:00 P.M.

Napa Valley Marriott, Napa, California

 

 

Wine Industry Financial Symposium

Monday Workshops – September 22, 2008

 

Session I:  1:30 - 3:00p.m. - Choose One

    1.         WINERY TOURS AND YOUR  BOTTOM LINE

              Craig Root, President, Visitor Management Resources, Moderator

              Britney Blete, Tasting Room Manager, Tolosa Winery

               Bob Benziger, Partner, Benziger Family Winery

 2.   ROCKY XVII or ‘RECESSION?? WHAT RECESSION?” 

      VINEYARD AND WINERY MARKETS BEAT THE RAP; IGNORE REAL ESTATE SLUMP

     Tony Correia, ARA, Correia-Xavier, Inc.

 3.  GRAPE CROP & BULK WINE UPDATE ROUND TABLE

              Glen Proctor, Partner, Ciatti Company LLC

               Other Panelists to be announced                                                                                 

 4.   PART A.  SUCCESSION ISN’T WHAT HAPPENS ONCE YOU ARE GONE:  HOW TO

PREPARE YOUR  BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND REAP THE RETURNS

 FOR YOUR HARD WORK

                Deborah Steinthal Partner, Scion Advisors, Moderator

Rob McMillan, Division Manager & Founder, Silicon Valley Bank

Chris Indelicato, President & CEO, Delicato Family Vineyards - 3rd Generation

Jeff Bundschu, General Manager - 6th Generation

Carissa Chappellet, Esq., Managing Director of Legal Affairs and Corp. Governance,

                Chappellet Vineyards - first to 2nd generation transition

 Session II:  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.  Choose One

 

5.      EQUITY & DEBT MARKETS: CURRENT TRENDS & FUTURE OUTLOOK

              David I. Freed, Chairman, The UCC Group

             Perry DeLuca, Vice President, KeyBanc Capital Markets

             John McHugh, Executive Director, Rabobank International

             Adam Beak, Sr. Vice President, Bank of the West                                                    

 6.  PART B. SUCCESSION ISN’T WHAT HAPPENS ONCE YOU ARE GONE: 

HOW TO PREPARE YOURBUSINESS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND REAP

 THE RETURNS FOR YOUR HARD WORK

               Deborah Steinthal Partner, Scion Advisors, Moderator

Rob McMillan, Division Manager & Founder, Silicon Valley Bank

Chris Indelicato, President & CEO, Delicato Family Vineyards - 3rd Generation

Jeff Bundschu, General Manager - 6th Generation

Carissa Chappellet, Esq., Managing Director of Legal Affairs and Corp. Governance,

                Chappellet Vineyards first to 2nd generation transition

 7.  GOING GREEN?  A LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT OF GREENING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

      Craig A. Moyer, Esquire, Chair, Land, Environment & Energy Division,

                      Manatt, Phelps, Philips LLC

        John Garn, Partner, ViewCraft

       Jill Whitacre, Program Coordinator, Central Coast Vineyard Team

       Jeff Dlott, President & CEO, SureHarvest

 8.    UDATES ON DIRECT TO CONSUMER COMPLIANCE

           Jeff Carroll, Senior Production Manager, Ship Compliant, Six88 Solutions

            R. Cobrin Houchins, Attorney at Law

           Tom Wark, Executive Director, Specialty Wine Retailers Association

PROGRAM SUBJECT OT CHANGE

“THE TIMES, THEY ARE A- CHANGIN”

 Tuesday, September 23, 2008

7:15-8:00        COFFEE & REGISTRATION                                 

 8:00-8:10        WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

                        Kathryn Archer, President, Wine Industry Symposium Group

 8:10 – 8:30      THOUGHTS ON THE WINE INDUSTRY

David Freed, Chairman, The UCC Group

  8:30-9:15       ECONOMIC STRATEGIES FOR TODAY’S ECONOMY

                        Robert Smiley, Professor, Director of Wine Studies

Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis

 9:15-10:00      BUILDING A NEW PARADIGM FOR A NEW WORLD OF                         MARKETING

Michael Mondavi, President, Folio Fine Wine Partners

 10:00-10:15    GET ACQUAINTED BREAK 

10:15 – 11:40  NON-TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF CAPITAL

                        Justin Faggioli, Rancher, Donnell Ranch, Moderator

                        Sam Bronfman, CEO, Bacchus Capital Management

                        Rick Magnuson, Executive Managing Director, GI Partners 

                        Stephen Kuhn, Managing Director, Vinum Partners

 11:40 -12:30   IMPORTS:  WHERE ARE THEY HEADED?

Russell Joy, President/GM, Patz & Hall, Moderator

Matthew Green, Director of Wine Sales, Opici Wine Company

Charles Gill, Founder & CEO, Winemetrics 

Bump Williams, EVP, General Manager, Global Consulting,

             Information Resources, Inc.

12:30- 1:45     NETWORKING LUNCHEON

1:45- 2:30       CRACKING THE INTERNET AUDIENCE

John Gillespie, President, Wine Colleagues, Moderator

                        Jon Stamell, Communitas OnLine

                                                Alyssa Rapp, Founder & CEO, Bottlenotes, Inc.

 2:30 – 3:10      WINERY CONSOLIDATION, THE ECONOMY AND YOU!

Kaumil Gajrawala, Analyst, UBS Warburg

 3:10 – 4:00      THE DISTRIBUTION EVOLUTION:  WHY “TIER” IS NOT                          A FOUR-LETTER WORD

Susan Vowell, Director of Finance, Folio Fine Wine Partners,     Moderator

David Biggar, President, Vintage Point LLC

Doug Walker, COO, 585 Wine Partners

Dick Maher, Chairman, Wilson Daniels Ltd.

John Vowell, Managing Member, Rocinante Wine & Vineyards

 4:00– 5:00       WINETASTING & RECEPTION -Hosted by Wine Industry Symposium Financial Sponsors

 

Program subject to change

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