If you own, operate, represent the interests of, or are considering the business of Owning and Operating a Winery, this program is a must!
Program Co-Chairs
Robert Chrobak, PE, VP of
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, and
John A. McKinsey of
Stoel Rives LLP and an experienced and knowledgeable faculty will guide you through the Legal, Regulatory, Technical and Operational Issues involved in the successful management of wineries big and small.
We are excited for our Fourth Annual Owning and Operating a Winery conference, and we hope you will be able to join us. This is a great opportunity to meet and learn from some of the industry's best and brightest.
Thank you to the Seminar Co-Sponsors
Wines and Vines
and
North Bay Business Journal,
and to the Reception Co-Sponsors
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and
Stoel Rives LLP.
Be sure to check out the exhibits sponsored by
The Law Offices of B. Demar Hooper and
Criveller California Corp.
Seminar Co-Sponsors:
Who Should Attend:
Attorneys
Winery Owners and Operators
Farmers and Vineyard Managers
Land Use Professionals
Architects and Engineers
Government Officials
Anyone Involved in or Interested in Owning a Wine Business
Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010
| 8:45 | Introduction and Overview |
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Stoel Rives LLP
| WINE BUSINESS AND MARKETING |
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| 9:00 | Wine Business Strategies in a Down Economy |
Effective wine business strategies are needed more than ever in the present economy. This panel will review effective and innovative strategies to start up, sustain, or grow a wine business.
Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty
Premier Pacific Vineyards
| 10:15 | Names, Labels, and Trademarks |
Wine and winery names and labels are increasingly the subject of conflict and litigation. Learn the latest events and advice about choosing or defending a wine label or winery brand.
Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty
| 10:45 | Contract Winemaking - Custom Crush, Alternating Proprietorships, and Making Wine for Contract Sales |
More and more wine is being made using innovative
methods that help reduce capital costs and allow shared expertise from winemakers to reach more wine. Learn the latest in how these arrangements
are regulated and how they are being agreed to.
Stoel Rives LLP
Copain Custom Crush
| 12:45 | Pitfalls to Avoid When Making the Sale in the Trenches |
Trade practices, free goods, legal constraints and ABC enforcement
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
| 2:30 | Wineries and Employment Law |
Sales personnel, winemakers and field workers all present unique issues regarding employment law. Failure to comply with requirements in this area can be very costly. This session will teach you the latest cases, do’s and don’t on this important topic.
Stoel Rives LLP
| 4:15 | Importing and Exporting Wine |
International wine markets are becoming more and more important and integrated into wine business in the United States. Learn about the pitfalls
and opportunities to tap into markets beyond American borders.
Regional Sales Manager, Int’l Sales
FedEx Services
| 5:00 | Questions and Answers |
| 5:15 | Adjourn and Reception |
Sponsored by:
Friday, Mar. 19, 2010
| 8:45 | Introduction and Overview |
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Stoel Rives LLP
| FACILITY DEVELOPMENT & SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT |
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Developing a new vineyard or winery, or changing
operational aspects of an existing facility can trigger an exhausting land use permitting process. Learn to manage the hurdles and barriers in this process and get great advice from the panel on everything from site selection to permitting new uses.
Wine Industry Investments Consulting
Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty
Constructing, expanding or remodeling a winery facility is a challenging task with interrelated engineering, architectural, aesthetic and permitting components. This panel will provide an overview of contracting mechanisms, potential pitfalls, lessons learned and other considerations to control costs and minimize headaches during construction. Green building practices and urban wineries will also be discussed.
Hall & Bartley Architects
Facility Development Corporation
Stoel Rives LLP,
Portland, OR
| 11:15 | Water Supply Options |
As water supplies tighten, wineries may find that conventional options like drilling another well, placing a larger pump in the river, or connecting to a municipal supply are limited. In this session you will learn how to evaluate potential sources of water for quantity, quality, reliability, and regulatory risk to ensure a sustainable water supply.
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
| 1:30 | More Wine per Gallon of Water |
Conservation can help wineries delay or avoid the need to find new water sources. Efficient water use also leads to energy savings and reduces process wastewater flows and treatment costs. This panel will present a summary of tools available to winery owners to evaluate and improve their water use practices with the goal of reducing source water needs and energy bills.
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
| 2:45 | Recycled Water as a Resource |
Now more than ever, wineries are looking at their process wastewater as a potential resource, rather than a waste stream that requires disposal. This panel will discuss opportunities to reuse/recycle process wastewater
in the winery, and will provide an overview of permitting considerations for reusing process wastewater
for irrigation. It will also outline the opportunities and constraints for use of high quality treated municipal
effluent, which is now available to wineries in some regions.
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
(former State Water Bd member)
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
| 3:30 | Sustainable Practices, Organic Certification and Renewable Energy |
Many winery owners are discovering that Green Values not only contribute to environmental protection,
but also can boost the bottom line. These panelists will explain how Green Values are driving practices that make sense for vineyard owners and wineries.
California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
Stoel Rives LLP
Robert Chrobak, PE, Program Co-Chair, is a Vice President with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, with over 25 years experience in water and wastewater evaluation and treatment system design, particularly in the wine and food processing industries, including operational and permitting/regulatory negotiation support.
John A. McKinsey, Program Co-Chair, is an attorney with Stoel Rives LLP and the California Co-Chair for their Winery & Vineyard Law Group. He focuses his wine practice on environmental and regulatory matters, winery licensing, ADA design, compliance, and liability issues.
Todd Acker is a Regional Sales Manager, International Sales, with FedEx Services. He has been a leader in the development of FedEx’s International Wine Program and has traveled abroad in an effort to better understand the burgeoning international wine market and its impact on the wine industry.
J. Robert Anglin, Jr. is an attorney in the Hospitality Group at Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty, where his practice focuses on land use regulation and environmental law. He assists wineries, hotels, restaurants, and institutions to obtain government approval to establish and expand their facilities and operations.
Scott P. Bartley, AIA, is a principal architect for Hall & Bartley Architects. His practice has focused on the wine industry since the firm’s founding in 1983.
Richard Brockmeyer is owner of Wine Industry Investment Consulting, a service advising corporations and associations seeking investment properties in the fine wine and vineyard industry. He has 30+ years of experience acquiring, developing, and managing orchards, vineyards, and wineries for investor owners.
Gary M. Carlton is a Senior Client Manager with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants where he specializes in assisting clients to develop and implement regulatory compliance strategies for wastewater management operations.
Mary Lou Cotton is a Senior Water Resources Manager with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, a full-service engineering and environmental services consulting firm founded in 1918. The company helped pioneer consulting engineering in the western U.S. and has completed approximately 4,000 projects.
Anthony J. DeCristoforo, Of Counsel with Stoel Rives LLP, practices in the firm's Labor & Employment group. His employment litigation practice focuses on the representation of employers and supervisors in disputes in state and federal courts, as well as in administrative proceedings and arbitrations.
J. Scott Gerien is a Director with Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty. His representation of wineries and vineyards allowed him to develop a special expertise concerning intellectual property affecting these industries.
Michael J. Holman, an attorney with Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty, represents winery owners and investors in the sale and acquisition of grower and winery-related assets as well as business planning and alcoholic beverage compliance for the wine and hospitality industries.
Jerry R. Jolly is a consultant for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, assigned to the firm's Wine, Beer and Spirits Law practice. He has over 31 years of experience in public service including licensing, enforcement, business practice and fiscal management of statewide programs.
Allison Jordan is Executive Director of California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance and also retains her role as Wine Institute's Communications Program Manager, providing program management and support for the Sustainable Winegrowing Program.
David Kincaid is Vice President of Facility Development Corporation. He has been in the design/construction business for 23 years and was previously with Rodney Strong Vineyards.
Ian Malone is the Director of Capital Markets at Premier Pacific Vineyards and a member of the firm’s capital markets and finance team.
Stephanie J. Meier, an attorney with Stoel Rives LLP in the firm's Natural Resources & Land Use group, focuses her practice in the area of food and beverage law. She has managed the licensing and permitting for one of Washington's first winery alternating proprietorships.
Robert Morris is the Director of Operations with Copain Custom Crush. His winery experience began at Copain Wine Cellars during the 2000 harvest season. Prior to joining Copain, he worked at HP/Agilent Technologies in Manufacturing Engineering, Automation Design, and Research and Development.
Robert J. Saperstein, Managing Shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Natural Resources Department and Water Practice Group.
James M. Seff, a partner with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is leader of the firm’s Wine, Beer & Spirits practice. He previously spent 13 years as a lawyer with Wine Institute.
James A. Zehren is an attorney with Stoel Rives LLP. His practice is concentrated in construction and design law including business transactions, preventive law and dispute resolution. He emphasizes preparation and negotiation of contract documents; licensing, registration and code compliance issues.
This seminar is approved for the following credits
The State Bar of California
9.75 General CLE Credits - The Seminar Group is an approved MCLE provider
Washington State Bar Association
9.75 General CLE Credits
Oregon State Bar
9.25 General CLE Credits - The Seminar Group is an Accredited Sponsor
If this seminar has not been approved for the credits you require, let us know and we will look into it for you.
Information on Continuing Education Credits
| Single Registration |
$895.00 |
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| 2 or more (each) |
$795.00 |
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| Government Employee |
$695.00 |
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| Non-Profit / NGO |
$695.00 |
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| New Associate |
$560.00 |
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| Paralegal |
$560.00 |
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| Student |
$447.50 |
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| Printed Course Materials |
$179.00 |
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| Day One ONLY |
$537.00 |
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| Day Two ONLY |
$537.00 |
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| Downloadable Course Materials |
$179.00 |
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Fee Description
Cancellation Policy
We will refund your tuition less a $50 cancellation charge if we receive your cancellation by 3/12/2010.
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| Napa Valley Marriott |
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3425 Solano Avenue
Napa, CA 94558
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| Phone: 707-253-8600 |
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