Wine Industry Leaders to Discuss State of the Wine Industry at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium.

A[micro]   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.

A[micro]   WHO:        Industry analysts:

A[micro]                   -- Nat DiBuduo, Allied Grape Growers, California

A[micro]                   -- Jon Fredrikson, Gomberg, Fredrikson &
                        Associates, California

A[micro]                   -- Josh Greene, Wine & Spirits Magazine, New York

A[micro]                   -- Kim Waddell, American Vineyard Foundation,
                        California

A[micro]                   -- Ben Drake, Chairman, CAWG, California

A[micro]                   -- Tom Smith, President, ASEV, California

A[micro]   WHEN:       State of the Industry -- Press Conference:

A[micro]                   Wednesday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30

A[micro]               (Will take place right after the State of the Industry
                general session)

A[micro]               Exhibit Floor Open (Public Passes Available) 9 a.m. -
                4 p.m.

A[micro]               There is wine tasting in the Press Room from 11 a.m.
                to 4 p.m.

A[micro]               Unified Wine & Grape Symposium: January 25, 26 and 27

A[micro]   WHERE:      Room 303, Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street,
                Sacramento, CA

A[micro]               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.

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

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

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

A[micro]   CONTACT:    Press Check-in Upstairs in Room 303 -- Camera Crews
                Please Call Ahead

A[micro]               Mike Miller or Ken Freeze, Brown-Miller
                Communications, Inc.

A[micro]               Press Room Phone [phone]

A[micro]               On-site cell phones [phone] or [phone]