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Join Us February 19-22, 2013
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2013 Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley. This extraordinary program will take place February 19 through 22, 2013, and is open to published editorial wine writers, wine/food writers, wine/travel writers and editors.
Read what previous 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 editorial 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 for editorial wine, wine-food, and wine-travel writers. The symposium is not open to winery personnel and marketing and communications professionals.
In order to maintain the editorial caliber and collegial atmosphere of this conference, the symposium has taken various steps, including the following. Symposium registration is not open to winery personnel and wine marketing and communications professionals. 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 30-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 2013 to the ninth 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 |
