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Author: The Wines of California, Wine Communicator of the Year, James Beard nominated in journalism.

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Pioneering winegrower, winemaker for California’s only winery dedicated to producing wine from hybrid grapes - North American Press.

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Winegrower and winemaker in Vermont working exclusively with hybrid grapes. Author of An Unlikely Vineyard, and the upcoming The Vineyard of Lost Time in 2026 (her 4th book).

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Founder of The 280 Project, grower and winemaker working with hybrid grapes in CA, wine retailer in San Francisco.

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Pioneering winegrower & winemaker for California’s only winery dedicated to producing wine from hybrid grapes - North American Press.

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Winegrower & winemaker in Vermont (La Garagista Winery) working exclusively with hybrid grapes. Author of An Unlikely Vineyard, and the upcoming The Vineyard of Lost Time in 2026 (her 4th book).

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Founder of The 280 Project, grower and winemaker working with hybrid grapes in CA, wine retailer in San Francisco.

PANELIST

Replaced his estate vineyard with UC Davis resistant hybrids after losing his Syrah vines to Pierce’s Disease. Winegrower, winemaker for Ojai Vineyards.

Founder of American Wine Project, working exclusively with hybrid grapes in the upper midwest.

Vice President at Stone Hill Winery, America's largest exclusively hybrid estate winery, and founder of the Heritage Grape Project, conducting USDA funded research examining Middle America's lost and forgotten quality wine varieties.

Karine Pedneault, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Université du Québec en Outaouais: Prof. Pedneault holds a B.Sc. in Biochemistry, a Master's and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. Over the past 15 years, she has specialized in viticulture and enology in California, Nova Scotia and Quebec. She currently conducts her research program on cold-hardy and disease-resistant Vitis varieties and wine production in challenging environments at Université du Québec en Outaouais, where she also leads her metabolomics platform.

Darek Trowbridge, has 20+ years of hands-on experience in the art and science of vineyard management, grape production, and natural winemaking. Proprietor of Old World Winery in Sonoma, he practices what he refers to as “pastoral” winemaking. His passion is inviting nature into his winemaking.

ORGANIZER & HOST

Winemaker, producer and host of the Beyond Organic Wine podcast, and co-owner of the Wineforest Farm in NY.

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Wine educator. Logistics at Nomadic Distribution. Elodie worked harvest for NOK Vino focusing on Hybrids in New Hampshire.