Still at the 2015 Craft Beverages Conference East

Almost another year has passed and its time for the Vineyard & Winery Management’s annual Craft Beverages Unlimited East. The 2016 event is scheduled for February 10 to February 12. This year the conference location has  changed from Richmond, Virginia to the beautiful area of Asheville, North Carolina.

The Craft Beverages Unlimited East will include professional speakers, tastings, networking, social events and the trade show expo. Curious about the pricing visit the pricing page. Registration for the Craft Beverages Unlimted East is available online.

Conference topics scheduled include: viticulture, enology, marketing, craft beer and distilling.

Specific titles of sessions available include:

• Sensory Evaluation
• Nuts and Bolts of Distillery Startup
• Acidity Analysis
• Branding Your Craft Beer Business for Success
• Exploring Additional Revenue Opportunities in the Craft Beer Marketplace
• Understanding Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen for Optimal Wine and Cider Fermentations
• Sparkling Wine in the Southeast: Discussion Panel
• Creating a Brand: Packaging Panel
• Distilling 101: A Guide to the Terminology, Process, and Control Points of Microdistilling
• Microbes Management in Winemaking
• A Quality Alliance Program for North Carolina Wines
• Maintaining Your Brand Panel
• Cover Your Craft – How Intellectual Property Means Business
• Distilling Field Trip to Blue Ridge Distilling, Bostic, NC
• Pruning Workshop at Biltmore Winery
• Wine Chemistry Workshop
• Projecting Vineyard Cash Flows
• Converting Training Systems
• Varietal Selection for the Southeast: Panel Discussion
• Maintaining Your Brand Panel
• An Overview of Sparkling Wine Production
• Equipment Design for Brewing Quality Beers
• Designing a Winery Backwards
• Extracting Quality with Enzymes
• Crop Load Adjustment: Does It Really Pay?
• Vineyard Management Practices to Improve Fruit Ripening

The Trade Show offers an opportunity to see firsthand the variety of equipment available for wineries, vineyards, distillers and brewers. The presenters are knowledgeable and enjoy talking about their products with potential buyers. Attendees can actually see and touch many of the up-to-date products available. The Trade Show is open on Thursday and Friday. Check the schedule for more details.

Biltmore Winery

When planning your visit to North Carolina, be sure to check out the numerous wineries available throughout the state. Don’t miss a tour of historic Biltmore and the Biltmore Winery, the most visited winery in the United States. We have visited and written about North Carolina wineries. On the Wine Trail Traveler website, we divided the North Carolina wineries into four locations: Coast, Swan Creek, Yadkin Valley and Mountain Region.

Plan to enjoy an extended visit to North Carolina when scheduling your visit to the Craft Beverages Unlimited East this year.

Cheers!
Kathy