Programs
Ahead of the Curve
The NVG annually presents "Ahead of the Curve", a spring seminar created to help growers and vintners successfully navigate the upcoming growing year and better understand: the premium winegrape supply and demand; luxury retail wine market; and all costs and issues related to growing premium wine grapes. Each year, the topics presented are influenced by the hot topics in the industry at the time –so the information is always current.
Presenters for 2007 included Bill Turrentine of Turrentine Brokerage, Paul Wagner of Balzac Communications, Hal Huffsmith of Trinchero Family Estates, Lee Hudson of Hudson Vineyards, Cyril Penn of Wine Communications Group, and Robert Yetman of the UC Davis Graduate School in business, covering such topics as:
- • Vineyard Designation and Trademarking Your Vineyards
- • How to Market Quality Grapes to Wineries
- • Vineyard Labor Update and Issues
- • The 2007 Bottle Price Survey
- • Today's Most Important Concerns in the Vineyard
Read press on the 2007 "Ahead of the Curve" seminar.
Read more about the upcoming 2008 "Ahead of the Curve" seminar.