| Arthur Caputi - Advisory Board Art Caputi is one of the most highly regarded and well-respected members of the wine industry worldwide. Since the age of 15, he has grown up in the wine business with over 50 years of experience extending to senior management levels with E. & J. Gallo Winery, one of the world's largest wine businesses. Mr. Caputi is one of the world's leading wine industry experts on ethyl carbamate. Mr. Caputi's peer recognition includes receiving the Merit Award from the American Society of Enology and Viticulture (ASEV), it's highest honor; and the Award of Merit of the Office International de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV), the Paris-based intergovernmental body that shapes international wine trade policies. He is a former President of the ASEV. He has headed numerous committees with industry organizations such as the Wine Institute, including chairing Wine Institute's Technical Committee and its Ethyl Carbamate Working Group. The Wine Institute is the public policy and advocacy association of California wineries - representing over 800 wineries and affiliated businesses, and operating in six regions of the U.S. and seven foreign countries. Mr. Caputi has also headed numerous subcommittees dealing with a large variety of state and federal regulatory agencies. He has been a member of the Industry Advisory Council for the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California at Davis. He continues to be a highly active and sought-after enologist, scientist and advocate. He holds several patents; and has published over 40 scientific papers, including several on ethyl carbamate. Mr. Caputi is an exceptional addition to the Functional Technologies Advisory Board given his vast technical knowledge and business experience, and his extensive contact base in the wine industry and the regulatory community. He has accepted this Advisory Board invitation with a personal interest to give something back to and to support the continued success of the wine industry that has provided so well for him. |