View this email in your browser COVID-19 PHOTOGRAPHY BEST PRACTICE Share your compliant images with fans and OWB Photo courtesy Adelsheim Vineyard It is critical that we set and meet visitation expectations as an industry. We want guests to arrive in wine country expecting consistent compliance with health precautions such as PPE and safe distancing to [...]
A freelance writer for Wine Enthusiast wants to know what wineries in Oregon are doing with virtual tastings. If interested, please copy / paste the questions below into an email to Sally Murdoch, OWB communications manager, and she will compile them for the writer. Please answer the questions as fully as possible. The deadline to [...]
A note from Bob Morus, Oregon Wine Board Chairman and Chair of the International Marketing Committee: An offer for Oregon exporting brands has been announced and deserves your consideration. The Western United States Agriculture Trade Association (WUSATA), in conjunction with USDA, hosts a trade mission to the Philippines and Malaysia April 20-24, 2020. These WUSATA [...]
BONUS CONTENT PROVIDES EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN If you're looking to get even more out of your Symposium education than the Viticulture, Enology and Sales & Marketing tracks offer, check out these bonus sessions—happening during trade show breaks—for extra enrichment: Update from the TTB on the wine label review and approval process Two Roundtable [...]
TWO WEEKS TO GO, TWO THINGS TO DO We can't wait to see you in two weeks at the Symposium! Here are two things you can do now to get ready. 1. Pre-Register for Profit Planner and Accounting Workshops A series of business planning workshops will be offered during Symposium to growers and producers interested in [...]
TRADE SHOW ONLY TICKETS AVAILABLE Trade show is open Tuesday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Wednesday 9:45 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Oregon Wine Symposium starts in just under three weeks! The Symposium trade show provides opportunities to network with more than 180 exhibitors, from lawyers to label designers to lab equipment suppliers. If you can't [...]
ONE WEEK LEFT FOR EARLY BIRD PRICING Don't miss the chance to get the lowest prices on your Full Access ticket to the Oregon Wine Symposium. The Early Bird discount of 25% is automatically applied to purchases made by January 15. Get your tickets today! 2020 SYMPOSIUM FEATURES EXPANDED GENERAL SESSION CONTENT The General Sessions [...]
EXPLORE THE MULTI-FACETED LANDSCAPE OF CONSUMER SALES AND MARKETING Creating an impactful consumer sales and marketing program involves so much more than providing standout hospitality in your tasting room. The Sales & Marketing track at the 2020 Oregon Wine Symposium will increase your aptitude in media relations, wine marketing compliance, commission structures and more. REGISTER FOR THE [...]
Registration is now open for the 2020 slate of international tasting events hosted by OWB around the globe. The upcoming year will be busy with opportunities in Mexico City, at ProWein in Germany and Vinexpo in Hong Kong. We have also expanded our Canadian tasting event offerings to include Toronto, Montréal and Calgary. These trade-focused events [...]
View this email in your browser REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR THE 2020 OREGON WINE SYMPOSIUM Registration is open for the 2020 Oregon Wine Symposium, which will take place Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb.12 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Here's what's included in your Full-Access Ticket: Two days of seminars, lectures and panel discussions [...]