Events

Lois Cho, the chief executive officer/co-founder of CHO Wines shared her journey in wine. The conversation was hosted by Maria Ponzi, director of the Center for Wine Education.

Internationally acclaimed journalist and wine expert Felicity Carter spoke on the shifting perceptions of wine and the World Health Organization's zero-alcohol policy, examining its implications for the wine industry and consumers. Marka & Thomas Hughes Wine Lecture Series.

Amanda Wittstrom Higgins is a nationally-acclaimed thought leader and business strategist in the American wine and spirits industry. Creative, connected and committed to driving positive change in the communities and industry in which she works, she specializes in future-forward and foundational success and greater accountability. To each of her endeavors, she applies her own core principles: crafting products with soul, enacting industry transformation, creating opportunity for others and honoring and understanding of the agricultural world.

Apertura focuses on creating spaces, both physical and professional, for those who have historically been excluded from the wine industry. Apertura’s panels and workshops examine overlapping categories of exclusion, including socioeconomic, identity and physical ability.

The Oregon Wine History Archives and the Linfield Center for Wine Education presented an open house and conversation with Sandra Taylor. Guests toured the wine archives at Linfield followed by a conversation with Sandra Taylor, author, columnist and expert in sustainable certification of wine and coffee.

A guest panel of Black women winemakers including Chevonne Ball of Dirty Radish wine tours, Justin Trabue, assistant winemaker at Lumen Wines and Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein of Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein Winery. This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in honor of Black brilliance in wine as part of Linfield's Black History Month celebration. Moderated by Dr. Jennifer Madden, dean of Linfield’s School of Business.

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Bertony Faustin of Abbey Creek Vineyard and Marcus Johnson of FLO Wines discussed the industry in light of recent events, individual winery projects and how they came to the world of wine. This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in honor of Black brilliance in wine as part of Linfield's Black History Month celebration. Moderated by Dr. Jennifer Madden, dean of Linfield’s School of Business.

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Jancis Robinson, one of the world’s leading wine writers, joins the Linfield Center for Wine Education for a special virtual conversation on all things wine. Robinson was voted the world’s most influential wine critics in polls in the U.S., France and internationally in 2018. She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is the founder-editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, co-author with Hugh Johnson of The World Atlas of Wine and co-author of Wine Grapes. Each of these books is recognized as a standard reference worldwide.