2013 Wine Tourism Conference Attendees
Name Company Name Title Website Twitter Adam Levy Alcohol Professor Alcohol Professor www.alcoholprofessor.com @alcoholprofessr Adam Ingalls VinoVisit.com Account Manager VinoVisit.com @VinoVisit Adrianna Ness Oregon Wine Press Advertising Sales www.oregonwinepress.com Allan Wright Zephyr Adventures President www.ZephyrAdventures.com @ZephyrAdventure Allen White White Buck Vineyards & Winery Owner Allison Keeney Travel Oregon Global Communications Coordinator www.traveloregon.com @AllisonKeeney Allison Conway Early Mountain Vineyards Director of Marketing earlymountain.com Allison George Washington County Visitors Association Stakeholder Development Manager www.wcva.org @WCVA Allison Markin All She Wrote Consulting Principal www.allshewrote.ca @allisonmmarkin / okanagantaste Allison Priestley Southern Oregon Wine Institute Program Coordinator www.sowicellars.com Alon Yitzhaki Israel Wine Tour http://www.israelwinetour.co.il/ @israelwinetour Amy Ciarametaro Virginia Wine Board Marketing Office Marketing Manager www.VirginiaWine.org @VaWine and AmyWinoRVA Amy Cummins Cana's Feast Winery Direct Sales Manager www.canasfeastwinery.com @canasfeast Andrea Johnson Andrea Johnson Photography http://www.andreajohnsonphotography.com/@ajphotos Andrew Healy 3 Rock Marketing Chief Social Officer http://www.3rockmarketing.com/ Andrew Snyder Oklahoma Grape Growers & Wine Makers AssociationCSW www.oklahomawines.org @okwineguy888 Andy Hayes Andy Hayes - Creative Web Producer Owner http://andyhayes.com @andrewghayes Anna Koenig Taste Places Owner www.tasteplaces.com @TastePlaces April Hennig Sacred Drop LLC Wine Lover and Marketer www.SacredDrop.com @sacreddrop Barbara Masberg Central Washington University Associate Professor www.cwu.edu Barbara Steinfeld Visit Tri-Valley President www.visittrivalley.com Beth Costa Wine Road Northern Sonoma County Executive Director www.wineroad.com @bethwineroad Bette Harper Woodrose Winery Tasting Room and Dance Hall Manager www.woodrosewinery.com Bill Blum MacArthur Place Hotel www.macarthurplace.com Bob Iannetta VinoVisit.com EVP Sales VinoVisit.com @VinoVisit Brad Niva Wine Hopper Tours Owner www.winehoppertours.com Brandon Darnell Visit Sacramento Content Marketing Manager www.visitsacramento.com @visitsacramento Brent Johnson Vin65 General Manager www.vin65.com @Vin65team Briana Berg Maryland Wineries Association Marketing Coordinator www.marylandwine.com @Briana_One_N Burl Mostul Villa Catalana Cellars owmer Byron Marlowe Southern Oregon University Hospitality and Tourism Management Program Coordinatorhttp://professormerlot.blogspot.com/ @professormerlot Camron King Lodi Winegrape Commission Executive Director www.lodiwine.com @camron94 Carl Giavanti Carl Giavanti Consulting, LLC Consultant www.CarlGiavantiConsulting.com @CarlGiavanti Carla White White Buck Vineyards & Winery Owner Carolyn Hill Southern Oregon Winery Assoc. & Travel SouthernCEO Oregon www.southernoregonwines.org Cassie Courtney Maryhill Winery Advertising manager maryhillwinery.com Charles Humble Oregon Wine Board Director of Communications & Interactive Marketing www.oregonwine.org @cfhumble Charlie Garrell August Cellars www.augustcellars.com Chelsea Janzen Troon Vineyard troonvineyard.com Cherie Andrews Chinook Arch Meadery Co-Owner www.chinookarchmead.com @chinookhoney Chris Chandler Livermore Valley Wine Country Executive Director www.LVwine.org @twitter.com/LVwinegrowers Cindy Molchany Zephyr Adventures Conferences Community Manager www.ZephyrAdventures.com @winetourismcon Colby Smith Concierge Alliance Napa Valley and Sonoma Executive Director www.ConciergeAlliance.com @CANVAS_Connect Corby Stonebraker-Soles ROCO Winery Owner www.rocowinery.com 2013 Wine Tourism Conference Attendees
Name Company Name Title Website Twitter Dan Brown Flamingo Conference Resort Director of Sales and Marketing www.flamingoresort.com @FlamingoResort Dan Fox Touring & Tasting Managing Partner www.touringandtasting.com @touringtasting Dan Weldy Delta Sky magazine The Wine Traveler www.dwcommunications.us @danweldy Danene Beedle Missouri Wine and Grape Board Marketing Director www.missouriwine.org @moWineGirl Dannion Cunning Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau CEO www.yosemitethisyear.com David Williams Aspen Limo Tours Proprietor www.aspenlimotours.com David Barringer Naked Wines LLC President http://www.nakedwinery.com @nakedwinery David Kostelnik Early Mountain Vineyards General Manager earlymountain.com Deborah Culverhouse Hedges Family Estate Manager www.hedgesfamilyestate.com @hedgeswine Denise Seroyer The Allison Inn & Spa Sales Manager theallison.com Dennis Agnos Zephyr Adventures Events Manager www.ZephyrAdventures.com @ZephyrAdventure Destiny Dudley Omero Cellars Director of Sales and Marketing www.omerocellars.com @omerocellars Deven Morganstern Sokol Blosser Tasting Room Supervisor www.sokolblosser.com Dixie Huey Trellis Growth Partners President www.trellisgrowthpartners.com Donna Quadri New York University Clinical Associate Professor www.nyu.edu Elizabeth Kozup @elizabethkozup Elizabeth Smith Traveling Wine Chick Wine and Travel Blogger http://travelingwinechick.com @travelwinechick Emily Richardson Willamette Valley Wineries Association Associate Director willamettewines.com @wvwines Eric Matkovich Cape Ardor LLC Managing Director www.cape-ardor.com Eric Miller Wineries Express, LLC www.WineriesExpress.com @WineriesExpress Erika Helstrom Zephyr Adventures Tour Marketing www.ZephyrAdventures.com @ZephyrAdventure Erin Korpisto vinesanddesigns Wine Blogger http://vinesanddesigns.wordpress.com @vinesanddesigns Erin Rue Erin Rue CPA, LLc Certified Public Accountant www.erinruecpallc.com @Erin_Rue Ernie Loeffler Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau President/CEO www.VisitFredericksburgTX.com Gary Nealon Wine Trail Adventures Owner www.winetrailadventures.com @WeekendWinoApp Greg Leo The Leo Company Marketing, Public & Government Affairs Counsel www.theleocompany.com @GregLeo Hailey Minder Telaya Wine Co. Winemakers' Assistant telayawine.com Hallie Whyte Soter Vineyards Director of Consumer Sales sotervineyards.com @soterwines Heather Atherton Sacramento International Airport www.smf.aero @athertonpr Heather Unwin Red Mountain AVA Alliance Executive Director redmountainava.com @redmtnava Helene Kremer L'esprit de Vin Citizen Blogger http://atasteofgrace.wordpress.com/ @hkremer Holly Macfee Travel Oregon VP, Brand Strategy traveloregon.com Holly Siler Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau Director of Public Relations and Marketing www.visittri-cities.com @TriCitiesWA Ivy Hover Left Coast Cellars Marketing Director www.leftcoastcellars.com @leftcoastwine Jackie Saunders Visit Loudoun: DC's Wine Country Vice President of Marketing visitloudoun.org @jackieloco Jade Helm Tasting Pour tastingpour.com @Tasting Pour Jade Ostner Maryland Wineries Association Director of Events MarylandWine.com @jadedrinkswine James Melendez James the Wine Guy Chief Wine Meister www.jamesthewineguy.com @JamesTheWineGuy Jan Lutz Wenatchee Wine Country Executive Director www.wenatcheewines.com Janet Tupper Mercantile 12 Owner/Partner Mercantile 12 @janettupper January Wiese Texas Hill Country Wineries Executive Director www.TexasWineTrail.com @TexasWineTrail Jason Mendell Syndical Director of Sales & Strategic Relations www.syndical.com @Syndical_Events Jason Sadler J. Bookwalter Winery Director of Operations www.bookwalterwines.com Jean Kurtz Umpqua Valley Winegrowers Association Executive Director www.umpquavalleywineries.org 2013 Wine Tourism Conference Attendees
Name Company Name Title Website Twitter Jean Yates Oregon Wine Marketing President/Owner www.oregon-wine.com @oregonwineries Jeanette Merritt Indiana Wines & Purdue Wine Grape Team Marketing Director www.indianawines.org @indianawinebabe Jen Lilienstein Touring & Tasting Digital Marketing www.touringandtasting.com @touringtasting Jenna Hannan Mercer Estates Director of Sales & Hospitality mercerwine.com @mercerestates Jennifer Rouse Willamette Valley Visitors Association PR/Project Manager www.oregonwinecountry.org @oregonwinetrav Jennifer Willis Erath Winery Guest Services Manager erath.com Jenny Heitman Lodi Winegrape Commission Marketing and Communications www.lodiwine.com Jessica Smith Carlton Cellars Director of Sales & Marketing www.CarltonCellars.com Jessie Poshepny Trione Vineyards, LLC Direct Sales & Marketing Manager www.trionewinery.com @Moxie_Lady Joe Mccully Lane Community College www.lanecc.edu John Cooper Yakima Valley Visitors & Convention Bureau President & CEO www.visityakima.com @tourismpro Jolaine Collins Collins Communications Owner www.collinscommpr.com @JolaineCollins Jordan Feder Israel Wine Journeys Founder www.israelwinejourneys.net Juanita Lint Plum Hill Vineyards, LLC Owner www.plumhillwine.com @plumhillwine Julie Skov Cathedral Ridge Winery Manager http://www.cathedralridgewinery.com @cathedralridge Kacy Minnis Sweet Cheeks Winery Manager www.sweetcheekswinery.com @sweetcheekswine Kate Hart Columbia Gorge Wine Growers Association Executive Coornidator http://www.columbiagorgewine.com/ @gorgewine Kate Holmes Lachini Vineyards Oregon Sales Manager lachinivineyards.com Katherine Stalmann Adelsheim Vineyard Director of Consumer Sales www.adelsheim.com @katstal Katie Bottrell Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa Sales & Marketing Manager www.TheDolphinBay.com Kelly Navari WillaKenzie Estate Marketing Manager www.willakenzie.com @willakenziewine Kendra Guzek J. Bookwalter Winery Director of Sales and Marketing www.bookwalterwines.com Kenneth Fischang Sonoma County Tourism President/CEO www.sonomacounty.com Kevin Kayfez Oregon Vine2Wine Tours Owner www.oregonvine2wine.com @Oregon Vine2Wine Kiki Ander Visit Santa Barbara VP, Marketing SantaBarbaraCA.com @SantaBarbara Kim Kolb WineyWomen Chief Swirling Officer www.wineywomen.com @wineywomen Kovas Palubinskas 50 States Of Wine Author/Publisher http://www.50statesofwine.com @50statesofwine Kristin Garrett- Lummio Maryhill Winery Web manaager maryhillwinery.com Kyle Schlachter Colorado Wine Industry Development Board www.coloradowine.com @ColoradoWine Laima Palubinskas 50 States Of Wine Author/Publisher http://www.50statesofwine.com @womensendurance Larry Martin Food & Wine Trails President www.foodandwinetrails.com Laura Mandala Mandala Research Owner www.mandalaresearch.com Laurence Cogan Burgundy School of Business Wine tourism professor http://www.bsbu.eu/ Linda Bohannon Northwest Wine Academy Linda Bruno The Allison Inn & Spa Marketing Director www.theallison.com Linda Murphy Linda Murphy Wine www.lindamurphywine.com @linemurphywine Lindsey White Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Marketing Coordinator www.tinhorn.com @TinhornCreek, linzyw Linea Gagliano Travel Oregon www.traveloregon.com @traveloregonpr Lisa Bolger Destination Races Expo Coordinator www.destinationraces.com Lisa Mattson Jordan Vineyard & Winery Communications Director www.jordanwinery.com @lisamattsonwine Liz Wan Serra Vineyards Managing Partner www.serravineyards.com @phunkyvinodiva Lucy Steffens Visit Sacramento Travel Media Director www.visitsacramento.com @visitsacramento Magdalena Kaiser-Smit Wine Council of Ontario Director of PR - Wine Country Ontario www.winecountryontario.ca @mkaisersmit Marcy Gordon Come for the Wine Publisher/Editor www.comeforthewine.com @marcygordon 2013 Wine Tourism Conference Attendees
Name Company Name Title Website Twitter Marilyn Hawkins Hawkins & Company PR President www.prhawk.com @marilynhawkins Mark Davis Sacramento International Airport Economic Development Specialist www.smf.aero @SacIntlAirport Mark Salinas World and Wine Getaways President www.worldandwinegetaways.com @winetravelguy Mary Angelo DVA Advertising & Public Relations Partner/Director of Client Services www.dvaadv.com Mary Cressler Vindulge Wine Writer http://www.vindulgeblog.com @marycressler vindulge Mary Harris Santa Ynez Valley Hotel Association Executive Director www.syvha.com Mary Heston The Women Who Wine Women Who Wine http://www.facebook.com/womenwhowine@http://www.twitter.com/womenwhowine Matt Dockstader Destination Races President www.destinationraces.com Maureen Lee Maryhill Winery Retail Operations manager maryhillwinery.com Meg Trendler Travel Lane County - Eugene, Cascades & Coast Tourism Sales Manager www.eugenecascadescoast.org @TravelLaneCo Meredith Hayes Treasury Wine Estates Demand Generation www.tweglobal.com Michael Adams Chemeketa Community College www.chemeketa.edu Michael Kaiser WineAmerica Director of Communications www.wineamerica.org @kaisermjk Michele Boyer King Estate Director of Marketing www.kingestate.com @KingEstate Michele Francisco Winerabble Wine Writer winerabble.com @winerabble Michele Rennie Girasol Vineyard & Inn Owner www.casagirasol.com Michelle Kaufmann Oregon Wine Board Assistant Communications Manager www.oregonwine.org Michelle McCue McCue Marketing Communications PR Consultant http://mccuecommunications.com/ @mccuemc Mike Hendrick Santa Ynez Valley Hotel Association President www.syvha.com Molly Blancett Travel Lane County - Eugene, Cascades & Coast Pulic Relations & Social Media Manager www.eugenecascadescoast.org @MollyBlancett Muriel Allen Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Hospitality Manager www.tinhorn.com Nancy Burgner Touring & Tasting VP, Business Development www.touringandtasting.com @touringtasting Nancy Light Wine Institute Director of Communications www.wineinstitute.org Natalia Osadchuk Wine Trail Adventures Owner www.winetrailadventures.com @WeekendWinoApp Natalie Epler Oak Knoll Winery Direct Sales Managaer www.oakknollwinery.com Natasha Mitchener Wine Tours Gone South Owner/Operator winetoursgonesouth.ca @winetourssouth Nichole Whitchurch Woodward Canyon Winery Marketing/Web www.woodwardcanyon.com Nicole Bradin Sonoma County Tourism Executive Office Manager www.sonomacounty.com Nicole Pattalochi Domaine Serene Director of Marketing www.domaineserene.com Pat Hussey Chinook Arch Meadery Tasting Room MAnager www.chinookarchmead.com @chinookhoney Paul Beck Winter's Hill Vineyard www.wintershillwine.com Paul Sloan Visit San Luis Obispo County Director of Sales and Marketing www.visitsanluisobispocounty.com Paul White Paul Wilke Upright Position Communications Founder/CEO http://www.uprightcomms.com/ @pwilke Priscilla Broward Exotic Origins Coffee www.exoticoriginscoffee.com Ray Johnson Sonoma State Wine Business Institute Director www.sonoma.edu/winebiz Rebecca Morus Phelps Creek Vineyards Operations Manager www.phelpscreekvineyards.com @GorgePinot Regina Foisey Wine Council of Ontario Marketing Project Manager www.winecountryontario.ca @RegFoisey Reno Walsh Zephyr Adventures Conference Sponsorships www.ZephyrAdventures.com @ZephyrAdventure Rhonda Salisbury Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau Director of Marketing www.yosemitethisyear.com Richard Kayfes Oregon Vine2Wine Tours Oregon Vine2Wine Tours www.oregonvine2wine.com @Oregon Vine2Wine Robert Holmes Freelance Wine journalist @travelpix Robin Calkins Jackson Family Wines Direct to Consumer Retail Development Manager Rod Shedd Vine To Wine Concierge Owner www.vinetowineconcierge.com 2013 Wine Tourism Conference Attendees
Name Company Name Title Website Twitter Rose Stanton Markey Wine Country Destinations partnering with Viviani Group Event Manager www.viviani.com @winecountryplnr Russell Gladhart Winter's Hill Vineyard Partner www.wintershillwine.com @wintershill Russell Sheldrake DeLille Cellars Direct to Consumer Manager www.delillecellars.com Ruth Garvin Southern Oregon Winery Association President sorwa.org Sandra Lee Woodinville Wine Country Assocation Director www.woodinvillewinecountry.com @Woodinville/WWC Sara Dirks Idaho Wine Commission Events & Marketing Manager www.idahowines.org Sara Teeter Calaveras Winegrape Alliance Executive Director http://www.calaveraswines.org/ Sara Triggs Culmina Family Estate Winery Sales & Marketing Mgr www.culmina.ca @CulminaWinery Sarah Wolcott Zephyr Adventures Wine Marketing www.ZephyrAdventures.com @ZephyrAdventure Sharon Martin Bella Fortuna Events & Tours Owner www.bellafortunaevents.com Shelley Bennett Idaho Wine Commission Community Relations Coordinator www.idahowines.org @idahowines Sierra Wright The Pines 1852 General Manager www.thepinesvineyard.com @thepines1852 Stacey Sheetz Visit Loudoun Marketing Communications Manager VisitLoudoun.org @DCsWineCountry Stacie Jacob Visit San Luis Obispo County Executive Director www.visitsanluisobispocounty.com Stan Knight Knight Wine Tours & Adventure Travel Owner / Tour Director www.knightwinetours.com Stephanie Lyon Washington Wine Commission Communications Coordinator www.washingtonwine.org @WineCommission Stephanie Schrankel Biondivino Wine Boutique Sue Horstmann Willamette Valley Wineries Association Executive Director willamettewines.com @wvwines Susan G. Hauser Vineyard & Winery Management Writer www.vwmmedia.com Suzanne Roberts Edelman Public Relations www.edelman.om Sylke Neal-Finnegan Washington County Visitors Association Director of Marketing & Communications oregonswashingtoncounty.com @OregonPRGirl Tammy Cook Oregon Wine Press Sales & Marketing Manager www.oregonwinepress.com Taylor Hart Santa Barbara County Vintners Association Marketing & Communications Coordinator www.sbcountywines.com @sbcwines Terra Moreland MEDIAmerica, Inc. Senior Account Executive, Travel & Tourism Custom Publishinghttp://www.mediamerica.net/ @https://twitter.com/TsMoreland Terry Meyer-Stone Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Crush Club Coordinator www.tinhorn.com @crushclubtcv Thea Dwele Luscious Lushes Editor lusciouslushes.com @Luscious_lushes Tiffany Baida Troon Vineyard troonvineyard.com Tim Toonen Visit Tri-Valley Director of Marketing & Branding www.visittrivalley.com @timtoonen Todd Davidson Travel Oregon Chief Executive Officer Tom Danowski Oregon Wine Board Executive Director www.oregonwine.org Tyler Madison Kentucky Grape & Wine Council Director www.kentuckywine.com Victoria Hastings Maxwell PR Managing Director maxwellpr.com