Save the Date: Second Annual Direct to Consumer Symposium Scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Wine Industry's Premier Direct Marketing and Sales Summit Returns to Napa

NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Direct to Consumer Symposium, the wine industry’s comprehensive summit on direct marketing and sales, is scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at The Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa Valley. The event is presented by Coalition for Free Trade and Free The Grapes!, two organizations that have helped to increase the market for legal direct-to-consumer wine shipments.
 
 
The inaugural event last May attracted a standing room only crowd of more than 250 attendees, a sold-out trade show, as well as guests and speakers from across the United States.

This second annual Direct to Consumer Symposium is expected to draw an even larger group of vintners, winery associations and suppliers. The steering committee’s goals are to help wineries build their direct to consumer business, and raise funds for the two presenting organizations.