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Program
June 28th, 2005

8:00  am    Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45  am    Welcome
- James Wolpert, Chair of the Department of Viticulture and Enology

9:00  am    Looking Back: A Journey through Enological Time
                 
James Lapsley; Associate Adjunct Professor & Ralph Kunkee, Professor Emeriti,
                  Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

10:00 am   The Quest for Quality: Architects of Innovation in the Winery and Vineyard
                  Roger Boulton; Professor; Dave Block, Professor; Andrew Walker; Professor & 
                  Dave Smart; Professor, Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis 

11:00 am   Break

11:30 am   A Taste of History - Andrew Waterhouse, Professor, Viticulture and Enology, UC 
                 
Davis; Darrell Corti, Proprietor, Corti Brothers

12:30 pm   Lunch

1:30  pm    Defining California's Style - Linda Bisson, Moderator, Professor of Viticulture and
                  Enology, UC Davis
                  Panelists - Dan Berger, Wine Journalist; David Berkley, Owner, David Berkley Fine 
                  Wines & Foods, Wine Consultant to the White House; Jim Hightower, Wine Retailer,
                  Sam's Wine & Spirits; Karen MacNeil, Wine Journalist, Culinary Institute of America; 
                  Frank Prial, Wine Journalist; Roderic Smith, Wine Journalist

2:45 pm     Break

3:00 pm    A Taste of Today: Crafting Wines for the 21st Century - Doug Adams, Moderator,
                 Professor, Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
                 Panelists:  Merry Edwards, Winemaker, Edwards Wines;
                 Michael Martini, Winemaker L. M. Martini;     
                 David Ramey, Winemaker Ramey Vineyards; and Jane Robichaud, Winemaker Beringer     
                 Blass Wine Estates 

4:00 pm   Break

4:15 pm   Beyond Preferences: Separating Fact from Fiction in Food and Wine Pairing
                Hildegarde Heymann, Professor Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
                Karen MacNeil, Wine Journalist and Culinary Institute of America

5:30 pm    Wine Tasting

7:00 pm    Gala Dinner
           

For more information please call: 530-752-0380
or for registration information visit: http://extension.ucdavis.edu/winemaking/index.asp