Smvwines general meeting october 2010
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Santa Maria Valley Wine Country General Meeting October 19 th , 2010
Transcript of Smvwines general meeting october 2010
Santa Maria Valley Wine Country
General Meeting
October 19th, 2010
Board Members
• Laura Mohseni, President
• Nicholas Miller, VP
• Brian Simas, Treasurer
• Karrie Glines, Secretary
• Michael Brughelli
• Michael Cordsen
• Tim Duggan
• Matt Murphy
• Marvin Teixeira
• Max Tucker
RiverbenchBien Nacido VineyardsKirk & Simas Wine GroupRiverbenchKenneth VolkFar Western TavernVintage LogisticsPresqu’ile WineryTres HermanasBest Western Big America
NEW MEMBERS
• Brown & Brown Insurance
• Cadre • Fontes & Phillips • Gainey• Holiday Inn• La Fenetre Wines• Migration • Pali Wine Co.
• Poor Richard’s Press• Rancho Real Vineyard• Rodeway Inn• Sanford • Stephen Ross • Tastes of the Valleys• TAZ • The Ojai Vineyard • Villa Mt. Eden
EVENTS
Free Winery & Vineyard Walks
The Chardonnay Symposium
The Chardonnay Symposium
• Chardonnay tastings with a regional focus
• Potential regions:
– California
– Oregon
– Washington
– NY
– Burgundy
– Australia
AUGJUNEMAYAPRILFEBJANDECNOV MAR
JULY
JULY
NOV: INVITE WINERIES, VENDORSDEC: SAVE THE DATEJANUARY?: TICKETS GO ON SALEJAN-JULY: PROMOTE EVENTMARCH: VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PARTY
The Chardonnay Symposium
Posters Available
Holiday Weekend in Wine Country
HOLIDAY FLIGHTS & BITES
• Saturday, December 4th, 2010
– FLIGHT & BITE of food at each location
• Example:
11am-1pm COSTA DE ORO
12:30-2:30pm KENNETH VOLK VINEYARDS
2-4pm RIVERBENCH
3-5pm CORE
• Sunday, December 5th: passport
Trade Shows
• Sunset Magazine
– Celebration Weekend (early June)
– Savor the Central Coast (last Sept/early October)
• What trade shows do you attend?
February March April MayJanuary
PCPA Open House: wine sponsored by
SMVWINES
Idea: Event & Wedding FAM Tour
Idea:
Crawfish Boil
Educational Class
GENERAL
MEETING
Sunset Celebration Weekend
in Menlo Park, CA
June
Future Events & Event Ideas
Local Wines
• Goal: increase number of local wines in Santa Maria restaurants
• Chamber would like a list of local wineries’ distributors to give to local restaurants
WINE TRAIL SIGNS
• 12 signs on the trail
• New: sign at the Santa Maria airport
• Full signs available for purchase ($750/each)
• Arrows: $50/each
Digital Brochures
• Printing new copy to be distributed
• Goal: go digital
Cell Phone Reception
Social Media
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Wordpress Blog
• Wine websites
Awards
Santa Maria Valley Industry Education Council
Salutes
Santa Maria Valley Wine Country, Inc.
For Continuous Support Of Community Youth
Membership
Benefits
Members’ Website
http://members.smvwines.com
Members’ Website: Notifications
Marketing Tools
• Social Media
• Blog articles
• Flip Video Camera available for rent (free)
• Newsletters (public or members-only)
• Public online calendar
• Meetings
• TCS program book
Meetings: November 2010Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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BOARD
MEETING
3-5pm
CCWS
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14 15 16 17 18 19
EVENTS &
MARKETING
10am
Testa’s Bistro
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DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
10am
Vintage
Logistics
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28 29 31 ****** this month’s
Development
meeting will be
cancelled due to
the Thanksgiving
holiday
Green Business
Thank you!
Contacts
Kady Fleckenstein
Executive Director
(805) 291-9389
Brian Simas
Events & Marketing Subcommittee Chairman
Tim Duggan
Development Committee Chairman
SMVWINES
PO BOX 5351
Santa Maria, CA 93456
USA
