September 2010

Events

September 3-5

Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, Sonoma County, Calif. Details: sonomavalleywine.com.

September 5

Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon, wine and music fest, Willamette Valley, Ore. Details: run4oregonwine.com.

September 5-6

Livermore Valley Winegrowers’ 29th annual Harvest Wine Celebration, 40-plus wineries, Livermore Valley, Calif. Details, lvwine.org.

September 10-11

26th annual Winesong! Wine auction and tasting, Ft. Bragg, Calif. Details: winesong.org.

September 11-12

Hudson Valley Wine Festival, Hudson Valley, N.Y. Details: hudsonvalleywinefest.com.

September 11-12

Gettysburg Wine & Music Festival, Gettysburg, Pa. Details: gettysburgwine.org.

September 15

Fine Wine & Spirits Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia. Details: wineandspirits.com.au.

September 15

Taste of San Luis, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Details: downtownslo.com.

September 16

Eliminating Your Energy Bill: A Winery Perspective presented by SolarCraft, Healdsburg, Calif. Reservations: e-mail dsmith@solarcraft.com.

September 16-19

24th annual GrapeFest, Grapevine, Texas. Details: grapevinetexasusa.com.

September 16-19

18th annual Colorado Mountain Winefest, Palisade, Co. Details: coloradowinefest.com.

September 18

Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley’s second annual ZinTopia tasting and harvest festival, Lake Sonoma Warm Springs Recreation Area, Sonoma County, Calif. Details: wdcv.com.

September 18-23

Culinary Tourism Thought Leadership World Summit & Consumer Marketplace, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Details: culinarytourismworldsummit.com.

September 19-20

Pallet to Palate, Shell Beach, Calif. Details: pallettopalate.com.

September 20-21

Wine Industry Financial Symposium, Napa, Calif. Details: winesymposium.com/financial.

September 23-26

Euphoria food, wine and music festival, Greenville, S.C. Details: euphoriagreenville.com.

September 24-25

HARVEST: Wine Auction and Celebration of Long Island's East End, Long Island, N.Y. Details: harvesteastend.com.

September 25-26

St. Louis Wine Festival, benefiting the Flora Conservancy of Forest Park, St. Louis, Mo. Details: stlouiswinefestival.com.

September 30 - October 3

Savor the Central Coast, San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Details: savorthecentralcoast.com.

University Courses

September 18

University of California, Davis: Successful Home Winemaking, Sept. 18, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.

September 23 - December 10

University of California, Davis: Introduction to Winemaking online course. Enrollment closes Sept. 5. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.

October 2010

Events

October 7-10

Third annual Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival to benefit Food Bank for New York City and Share Our Strength, New York, N.Y. Details: nycwineandfoodfestival.com.

October 9

Slow Food Sonoma County North’s second annual Artisano celebration of local wine food and art, Geyserville, Calif. Details, artisano.org.

October 9

Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association annual Celebration of Harvest, 100-plus wineries, Santa Ynez, Calif. Details: sbcountywines.com.

October 9

Annual Wine and Roses Bike Race, Templeton, Calif. Details: templetonchamber.com.

October 14-17

Ninth annual Miami International Wine Fair, 1,500 wines from 20 countries, Miami Beach, Fla. Details: miamiwinefair.com.

October 15-17

Harvest Wine Weekend, Pas Robles, Calif. Details: pasowine.com.

October 17-21

SIAL 2010 Global Food Marketplace, Paris Nord Villepinte, France. Details: sial.fr.

October 22

CRAVE wine event, Paso Robles, Calif. Details: pasowine.com.

October 26-27

14th Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference, Miami Beach, Fla. Details: americasfoodandbeverage.com.

October 28-29

Eighth Wine For Asia trade exhibition, Singapore. Details: wineforasia.com.

University Courses

October 16

University of California, Davis: Establishing the Small Vineyard, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.

October 30-31

University of California, Davis: Introduction to Sensory Evaluation of Wine, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.

November 2010

Events

November 4

Napa Valley Winegrape Growers’ Napa Valley Viticultural Fair: Equipment, winegrape industry trade show, PCA credits available. Details: napagrowers.org.

November 5-7

Harvest Celebration Weekend, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Details: slowine.com.

November 8

Wine & Spirits Industry’s 33rd annual Gala to benefit the American Cancer Society, New York, N.Y. Details: cancer.org.

University Courses

November 4

University of California, Davis: Taxation and Accounting for the Small Vineyard, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.

November 5 University of California, Davis: Taxation and Accounting for the Small Winery, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking. November 30

University of California, Davis: Current Issues in Vineyard Health, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.

December 2010

Events

December 3-7

Sixth annual Denver International Wine Festival, Denver, Colo. Details: denverwinefest.com.

December 4-5

Livermore Valley Winegrowers’ annual Holidays in the Vineyards, Livermore Valley, Calif. Details: lvwine.org.

University Courses

December 10

University of California, Davis: Public Relations for Small Wineries, Davis, Calif. Details and enrollment: extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking.