SACRAMENTO, Calif., January 26, 2023… With a sold-out tradeshow and strong classes in all issues wine and grape, company right here on the twenty ninth Unified Wine & Grape Symposium sipped wines, discovered about developments, perused modern merchandise and enthusiastically reconnected with colleagues from across the nation after years of pandemic isolation.
“It felt like a huge class reunion,” stated Natalie Collins, president of the California Affiliation of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) and co-host of the Unified Symposium. “After relocating the Unified Symposium in 2020 whereas the Sacramento Conference Heart was transformed after which two years of the pandemic, the vitality on the present flooring was palpable as colleagues and pals from each nook of the winegrape and wine world embraced the possibility to fulfill in individual once more at Unified.”
Greater than 10,000 folks attended the three-day trade symposium, listening to audio system from around the globe handle matters starting from winery effectivity and advertising and marketing developments to new applied sciences. Along with three days of symposia, together with a full-day workshop introduced in Spanish, the Unified has the biggest wine trade tradeshow with over 650 exhibitors showcasing all the pieces from microscopic yeasts to full-scale harvesting gear.
“We noticed a serious increase in attendance this 12 months after the comprehensible challenges posed by COVID,” stated Dan Howard, govt director of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) and the present’s different co-host. “Given the wonderful success of this 12 months’s convention, I believe it’s secure to say the Unified Symposium is on stable footing to proceed our mission of offering the trade with the knowledge, connections, and alternatives they should pursue success within the coming 12 months.”
The 2024 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium will happen on January 23-25 on the SAFE Credit score Union Conference Heart in Sacramento. Constructed with the joint enter of growers, vintners, and allied trade members, the Unified Symposium will rejoice 30 years of serving as a clearinghouse of data essential to wine and grape trade professionals. The Unified Symposium additionally hosts the trade’s largest commerce present of its sort. For extra info, go to www.unifiedsymposium.org.
