ADVISORY/Wine Industry Leaders to Discuss State of the Wine Industry at the Nation's Largest Wine and Grape Trade Show.

Business Editors/Food & Wine Writers

ADVISORY...Wednesday (Jan. 28)

Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

    WHAT: Are wine prices going up or down? Is consumption increasing,
    or are people switching to bottled water? Wine industry analysts
    will discuss the past year and look forward to see what the future
    has in store for the wine industry.

    WHO: Industry analysts:

    --  Peter Byck, Winery Exchange, California
    --  Nat DiBuduo, Allied Grape Growers, California
    --  John Gillespie, Wine Market Council, California
    --  Greg Livingood, Joseph W. Ciatti Co., Inc., California
    --  Tiziana Mohorovic, Adams Beverage Group, New York
    --  Bill Turrentine, Turrentine Wine Brokerage, California
    --  Ben Drake, Chairman, CAWG, California
    --  Signe Zoller, President, ASEV, California

    WHEN: State of the Industry: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 11:30 a.m. - Noon
    (Will take place right after the State of the Industry general
    session 8:30 - 11am)
    Exhibit Floor Open (Public Passes Available),  9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    There is wine tasting in the Press Room from,  11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Unified Wine & Grape Symposium: January 27, 28 and 29

    WHERE: Room 303, Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street,
    Sacramento, CA From Highway 50 (north and south), take the 16th
    Street exit. Follow 16th for about 3/4 mile and turn left on J
    Street. The Convention Center will be on your left-hand side. A
    parking garage is located on the opposite side of the street.

   PHOTO OPS:

    -- Beginning at 4 p.m., hundreds of wine lovers swirling, sniffing
    and sipping wines on the exhibit floor as they taste their way
    around America.

    -- Gigantic vineyard equipment towering over convention attendees
    on the exhibit floor of the nation's largest wine and grape trade
    show.

    -- Thousands of the top wine and grape industry professionals
    inspecting the latest technologies and equipment in the industry.


   CONTACT: Press Check-in Upstairs in Room 303
            Camera Crews Please Call Ahead
            Brown-Miller Communications, Inc.
            Mike Miller/Ken Freeze, 916-325-6725 (Press Room Phone)
            On-site cell phones, 925-360-8262 or 925-381-4766