Last updated on December 12, 2007

June 17, 2008
9:00 am – 4:15 pm

The symposium will be preceded by a winery tour on Monday, June 16. The fee for the symposium does not include the tour. Refer to the 2008 Registration Rates chart for all fees.

Organizers & Moderators:
Christian Butzke, Purdue University, Indiana
Pascal Durand, University of Burgundy, France
James Kennedy, Oregon State University, Corvallis
James Osborne, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Barney Watson, Chemeketa Community College, Oregon

Theme:  
A multi-regional discussion between winemakers and enologists/viticulturists and includes a tasting with speakers from France, Oregon and California.

9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome & Review
Christian Butzke, Purdue University, Indiana
9:15 am - 10:00 am Winemakers - Oregon
Harry Peterson-Nedry, Chehalem Wines, Oregon
Lynn Penner-Ash, Penner-Ash Wine Cellars, Oregon
10:00 am - 10:45 am Wine Scientists - Oregon
Greg Jones, Southern Oregon University, Ashland
James Osborne, Oregon State University, Corvallis
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 11:45 am Winemaker - California
Josh Jensen, Calera Wine Company, California
TJ Rogers, Clos de la Tech, California
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Wine Scientist - California
Hildegarde Heymann, University of California, Davis
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Wine Scientist – Burgundy
Speaker to be confirmed
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Winemaker - Burgundy
Roland Masse, Hospices de Beaune, France
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Roundtable Discussion
Special guest: Ulrich Fischer, Abt. Weinbau und Oenologie DLR Rheinpfalz, Germany
4:15 pm Adjournment