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Few industries bear witness to climate change more closely than the wine world.  I was born in Napa Valley and moved to Burgundy after graduating from UC Davis in 2001. Together with my husband, Jeremy Seysses, his brother Alec, and our viticulture team, we craft the wines of Domaine Dujac, founded by my father-in-law, Jacques Seysses, in 1968. I juggle this responsibility with my role as winemaker for my family’s Snowden Vineyards in Napa, where I have spent the last 20 years bringing the philosophy of terroir back to the land purchased by my grandparents in the Vaca Mountains in 1955. ...

Drought, heat extremes, wildfires, power outages, smoke. In the last four years these have become part of our normal experience here in Napa Valley — and in all winegrowing regions in the western United States. As we look to the future of our multi-generational, agriculturally based family winegrowing businesses, we recognize climate change as the existential threat to our current and continued success. We thus implore our government to adopt a carbon fee and dividend policy similar to the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763), which gained 85 co-sponsors in the...

From the Apr 30, 2021, issue The existential and economic threats of 2020 didn’t stop wineries from pressing ahead with critical environmental and social initiatives. On the contrary, even throughout the pandemic shutdowns, the wine community found opportunities to collaborate across borders and make remarkable strides—all while coping with complex health and safety restrictions, new approaches to selling wine with restaurants and tasting rooms closed, trade wars that wrenched global distribution and massive wildfires in the U.S. and Aus...

1000+ attendees That was Wine Future 2021 held virtually last week with speakers and attendees joining in from around the globe. While topics were wide ranging, they frequently touched on important issues we face worldwide– inclusivity, sustainability, and climate change– that are important whether you are in the wine industry or not. (Scroll down for a complete list of the session titles).  Find my notes from Wine Future Days 1 and 2 here. Wine Future 2021 supports three Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with a silent auction: SOS Cape Town in South Africa, The Porto Protocol in P...

February 2, 2021 mwangbickler Hit the Bottle Comments Off on Episode 25: All About WineFuture 2021 Four crises happening at once – pandemic, economic recession, climate crisis and systemic inequalities – the largest (and perhaps best) online conference we’ll probably see this year addresses all four: WineFuture 2021. On today’s episode, Mike and Emma are joined by our esteemed guests, Pancho Campo and David Furer, the ringleaders of this auspicious conference, who give us insights on the conference itself, as well as a number of the special gu...