Exhibitor Information Below

Greeting, Exhibitors! Thank you all for bringing your wares, talents and offerings to this event. It is truly appreciated.

If you have not yet registered for the event (free), please do so here.

I expect I’ll need to update this page a few times before next Tuesday afternoon. So I thought it easiest to post all exhibitor info here and let you check back in at your convenience. — Marcia Macomber

*** | LAST UPDATE: 9/13, 1 pm | ***

Logistics

EVENT
“How to Succeed in the Wine Business (without really trying)!” The title references the Broadway musical, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (YouTube clip of the title song)
DATE/TIME
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, from 4 to 7 pm
LOCATION
Raymond Vineyards, 849 Zinfandel Ln., St. Helena
PHONES
Raymond main line (707) 963-3141
Marcia Macomber, Wine Women – cell 415.317.2863
Melissa Lynch, Boisset – cell 925.876.7678
FOOD/WINE
Graciously provided by The Boisset Collection!
ATTENDEES
Currently 81!

 

Exhibitor Setup Info

SETUP TIME
Exhibitors may begin setting up their 8 foot table dressing (comes with tablecloth) at 3 p.m. Table selection is first come, first served.
DELIVERY PARKING
Delivery/drop off supplies and parking for exhibitors: Upon turning into the Raymond Vineyards property (on Wheeler Lane), continue past the first right turn and sign for the tasting room public entrance. Turn right at the third drive (past the guest house) and find parking in the production area in the back. Bring your supplies up through the walkways of the sycamore grove to the pool area where the tables will be. Please leave the tasting room parking area free for use by the guests only.
TECH
No electric for tables (but you can go solar if talented!)
Wifi Network: Boisset family estates, password: greatwines (otherwise, please create a hotspot)
Sales transactions – All exhibitors are responsible for managing their own connections to the web for credit card transactions.
GUEST ARRIVAL
Always early! Please expect eager guests at your table by 3:45 p.m.
EXHIBITORS LIST
To maintain a more intimate atmosphere in which stronger bonds can be forged with event attendees, we kept the exhibitors to approximately a dozen. All were selected for their offerings and contributions to help attendees start, build, enhance, grow and succeed in their wine businesses. Just imagine all the attendees walking around asking you, “How can you help me succeed in the wine business?!”

Drumroll, please:

  1. A. Bright Idea, an award-winning, full service creative advertising agency
  2. Ann Reynolds, author of “The Inside Story of a Wine Label“
  3. Coravin, the bottle-opening saver that allows you to have a glass without opening the bottle
  4. Jay Rooke Coaching, helping owners take their businesses to the next level (table share with Startup Grind Sonoma)
  5. Napa Valley College (or viticulture/enology/winery), training students for careers in the wine industry
  6. Napa Valley Wine Academy, an approved program provider of the internationally recognized WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) wine and spirit and Sommelier courses across the U.S. (table share with Tim Hanni)
  7. Riedel USA, producer of perfectly designed glassware which enhances the aroma and flavor of all aromatic beverages
  8. Startup Grind Sonoma, the local chapter of the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting 400,000 founders in over 200 cities (table share with Jay Rooke Coaching)
  9. Tim Hanni, MW, creator and teacher of The Business of Wine online course (table share with NVWA)
  10. WISE Academy, the first-ever wine certification program dedicated to direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales.

Boisset and WINE WOMEN will also have exhibitor tables. And in case you missed it, PR for the exhibitors ran 9/7 in Lew Perdue’s News Fetch and Wine Industry Advisor. (Pardon any goofs. I had no time to get blessings from all exhibitors in advance. I took text off your websites.) The same went into a brief blog post featuring our exhibitors here.

Event Agenda

This is a rough agenda with cushion time to move guests from the expo area to theatre style seating for presentations. Food and wine will be served throughout as the Boisset team determines. Exhibitors will have the opportunity to talk about their wares/services to the seated group beginning at approx. 5:45p, finishing with WINE WOMEN at the end.

4 – 5 pm
Event EXPO
5 – 5:30
Jean-Charles Boisset introduces the Boisset Ambassador program
5:30 – 5:45
Boisset Ambassadors testimonials, some Q&A from guests
5:45 – 6:40
Exhibitor infomercials (approx. 5 minutes per business to address guests)
6:40 – 7
Closing remarks, wind up any purchases/transactions, final networking

Sunset is listed for 7:20p, but there will remain plenty of ambient light. Times above include cushion for transitions.

Please check back as needed for updates to our attendee count and other specifics.
You may review the guest list on the Eventbrite registration page.