Several of the Wine Seminars and their panelists for the 2016 Festival have been confirmed.
The confirmed wine seminars and panelists include:
- The second annual Women & Wine series – with noted female winemaker panelists Merry Edwards (Merry Edwards), Elizabeth Grant-Douglas (La Crema) and hosted by Meredith May (Editor/SOMM Journal & The Tasting Panel)
- Globetrotters – featuring winemakers that make wine in three countries! Confirmed winemaker panelists include Laely Heron (Heron Wines) and Paul Hobbs (Paul Hobbs)
- Australia Invasion – featuring wines from “Down Under” and Peter Fraser of Yangarra Winery and 2015 Australian Winemaker of the Year
- Ten Year Olds – a 10 year Cabernet retrospective featuring noted winemakers Fred Scherrer (Scherrer Wines), Ted Edwards (Freemark Abbey) and David Long (David Arthur Vineyards)
Other panelists and seminars pending confirmation