PARTICIPANTS

2012 PANELISTS, WINERIES AND FOOD PARTICIPANTS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

 

2011 CELEBRITY & WINEMAKER PANELISTS

Friday Sierra Madre Chardonnay Clonal Tour and Tasting Experience

BOB STEINHAUER, 2010 Agriculturist of the Year, and the foremost authority on the history of Chardonnay
NANCY SWEET, Editor of the UC Davis National Grape Registry

Saturday Morning Session #1: “The Great Oaked Debate” with Steve Heimoff at Bien Nacido Vineyards

STEVE HEIMOFF
GREG BREWER, Brewer-Clifton, Diatom Wines & Melville Vinyards and Winery
DIETER CRONJE, Presqu’ile Winery
MIKE EYRES, Chehalem Wines – Oregon
JOSHUA KLAPPER, La Fenetre Wines
LESLIE MEAD RENAUD, Lincourt Winery & Foley Wines
GREG STACH, Landmark Vineyards

Saturday Morning Session #2: “Taking Back Chardonnay” with Karen MacNeil at Tantara Winery

KAREN MACNEIL
NEIL BERNARDI, Migration Wines
BILL CATES, Tantara Winery
STEVE RASMUSSEN, Sierra Madre Vineyard
DENISE SHURTLEFF, Cambria Estate Winery
JIM STOLLBERG, Riverbench Vineyard & Winery
STEVE TYLICKI, Steele Wines

GRAND CHARDONNAY TASTING: PARTICIPATING WINERIES

Alta Maria ~ Au Bon Climat ~ Bien Nacido Vineyards ~ Brewer-Clifton ~ Bridlewood Estate Winery ~ Byron Winery ~ Cambria Winery ~ Chamisal Vineyards ~ Chehalem Wines – Oregon ~ Conway Family Wines ~ Costa de Oro Winery ~ Cottonwood Canyon Winery ~ Deovlet Wines ~ Diatom Wines ~ Dierberg VineyardEberle Winery ~ Falcone Family Vineyards ~ Flying Goat Cellars ~ Foley Wines ~ Fontes & Phillips ~ Foxen ~ Fresh & Easy Wines ~ Gainey VineyardKendall-Jackson ~ Kenneth Volk Vineyards ~ Kessler-Haak Vineyard & Wines ~ Knights Bridge Winery ~ La Fenetre Wines ~ Landmark Vineyards ~ Lincourt Winery ~ Lucia Vineyards ~ Mercy Vineyards ~ Migration from Duckhorn Wine Company ~ Ojai Vineyard ~ Pali Wine Co. ~ Pisoni Vineyards ~ Presqu’ile Winery ~ Qupé Wine Cellars ~ Rancho Sisquoc ~ Riverbench Vineyard & Winery ~ Rusack Vineyards ~ Sanford Winery ~ Sanguis Wines ~ Sierra Madre Vineyard ~ Solomon Hills Vineyards ~ Steele WinesTantara WineryToretti’s Family VineyardWilliam James Cellars

Chardonnay and Chocolate

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS, CATERERS & SPECIALTIES

Bello Forno Wood-Fired Cuisine ~ Butterfly Brittle ~ Central City Market ~ Chef Rick at The Far Western Tavern ~ Fresh and Easy ~ Panera Bread ~ Testa Catering ~ Trattoria Uliveto ~ Vintner’s Grill ~ Zoe’s Hawaiian BBQ & Catering