Welcome
Welcome
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2011 Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley. This extraordinary program will take place February 22 through 25, 2011, and is open to published editorial wine writers, wine/food writers, wine/travel writers and editors. The program for 2011 is now being planned. Get a feel for the symposium content by viewing the 2010 program on the Schedule of Events page.Read what 2010 attendees and speakers had to say about the symposium on our Press page.
The Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, a non-profit organization founded by Meadowood Napa Valley, the Napa Valley Vintners trade association and The Culinary Institute of America, draws top wine book authors and editors, wine magazine writers and critics, newspaper wine columnists, bloggers and other wine content creators to Napa Valley to speak, listen, debate, explore themes prevalent in contemporary wine writing and network with their peers for four days. A combination of lectures, panel discussions, group and individual writing sessions, wine tasting and fine dining make the symposium an unmatched career enrichment opportunity.
In order to maintain the editorial caliber of this conference, the symposium has solicited no outside sponsorship. A portion of the cost of the program is underwritten by the Napa Valley Vintners, a non-profit organization representing more than 300 wineries and by Meadowood Napa Valley. Meadowood, which is also the annual home to Auction Napa Valley, continues its twenty-eight-year tradition of service to the Napa Valley winegrowing community by providing a venue for the conference. The symposium follows an intense plenary program for a limited number of attendees plus speakers.
We look forward to welcoming you in February 2011 to the seventh annual Symposium for Professional Wine Writers.
Sincerely,
 Jim Gordon Symposium Director |  H. William Harlan Proprietor Meadowood Napa Valley |  Linda Reiff Executive Director Napa Valley Vintners |
