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March
31
Monday

Panel & Talk on Powdery Mildew Management

March 31, 2025 (9 - 11am)
Almost Famous Wine

We are pleased to invite you to an engaging event focused on managing powdery mildew in the Livermore AVA. This session is designed to offer valuable insights and practical strategies tailored for local growers like you. Event Highlights: Keynote Talk by Dr. Aram (UC ANR): Dr. Aram will delve into the biology of powdery mildew and present proven strategies for its control. Panel Discussion: Local vineyard management companies will share their firsthand experiences and innovative approaches to powdery mildew management.

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Panel & Talk on Powdery Mildew Management
March
31
Monday

Uncorked! Wine Submissions Due 3/31

March 31, 2025
LVWA Office

Deliver your wine submissions and tech sheets for the wine competition to the LVWA office by 5 pm, March 31st.

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Uncorked! Wine Submissions Due 3/31
 
April
1
Tuesday

Digital Marketing 101

April 1, 2025 (6 - 7:30pm)
McGrail Vineyards & Winery

**New date! Join us for this event, presented by Astra Digital Marketing and Jenny O'Leary, to turn up your social media game and boost traffic to your winery. Learn about social media ads, boosting posts, google ads, and more!

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Digital Marketing 101
April
10
Thursday

Winemaker Tasting and Discussion - Apr 10th

April 10, 2025 (10am - 12pm)
Las Positas Vineyards

Greetings! We are happy to announce the next Winemaker Tasting and Discussion hosted by the LVWA and the quality enhancement and education committee. Non Chardonnay Whites What are you making these days? Albarino, Sauv blanc, Pinot gris, etc? You can bring a wine you are prepping for bottling, a wine you have already bottled, or a benchmark wine. Date and Time: Thursday Apr 10, 2025 (10 to 12 pm) Location: Las Positas Vineyards 1828 Wetmore Rd, Livermore, CA 94550

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Winemaker Tasting and Discussion - Apr 10th
April
22
Tuesday

Customer Appreciation 102

April 22, 2025 (6 - 7:30pm)
Omega Road Winery

Want to take your Tasting Room from good to great? The LVWA Professional Development Committee is drawing from our combined Wine, Restaurant, Catering and Retail backgrounds to present your staff with tips to create a greater Customer Experience for your Tasting Room guests. This course is designed for both new and seasoned staff, you can never know too much about creating a great customer experience!

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Customer Appreciation 102
May
13
Tuesday

WISE New Staff Training Seminar

May 13, 2025 (6 - 8pm)
Wood Family Vineyards

Building rapport and effective engagement means increasing overall guest satisfaction and sales/signups. In this workshop, WISE will present tools on building rapport techniques to help increase engagement with guests. Attendees will develop skills on use of effective icebreakers, the right open-ended questions, compelling analogies, and great storytelling. With great rapport, attendees will learn how to effectively close the sale in a brand-appropriate way with planting sales seeds along the way to increase sales and wine club signups. 

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WISE New Staff Training Seminar
May
20
Tuesday

Spring Member Dinner

May 20, 2025 (6 - 9pm)
Dante Robere Winery

Join us for a fun night of hanging out as a wine country community on the patio at Dante Robere Winery! As always, please remember to bring a bottle of your favorite Livermore Valley Wine to share!

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Spring Member Dinner
June
3
Tuesday

RBS Training

June 3, 2025 (6 - 8pm)

Certified Alcohol Training California’s Premier RBS Training Provider With the passage of Assembly Bills 1221 in 2017 and 82 in 2020, effective July 1, 2022, any alcoholic beverage server and their manager must have a valid responsible beverage service (RBS) certification within 60 days from their first date of employment if they perform certain duties related to alcoholic beverage service. To become certified, they must complete RBS training from an ABC-accredited RBS training provider and pass an ABC-administered RBS exam. Certified Alcohol Training is presently the only ABC-approved training provider authorized to offer live in-person, live virtual, and online RBS training in this state and the only provider whose courses are designed and taught by the team of Jerry R. Jolly and Associates - all former ABC executives, managers, and investigative staff. We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association to offer its members a special rate on RBS training. Certified Alcohol Training offers courses that are quick, efficient, and effective. All of our courses require a minimal amount of time, while being comprehensive enough to help your servers pass the state exam and provide the knowledge and skills they need to protect themselves, your business, and the public. For those interested in the online course, use coupon code LVWINEPROMO for a substantial discount off the normal price of the course. Go to our website for further information. Click into FAQ’s for Licensees for instructions on making a group purchase and setting up a group page for your business.

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RBS Training

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