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IPNC INTERNATIONAL PINOT NOIR CELEBRATION July 24-26, 2009 Planet Earth s Premier Pinot Noir Event " The IPNC is an ideal mix o f head onism and educati o n .,," -Eli n McCoy, Bloomberg TWENTy-THI RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PINOT N OIR CELEBRATION JULY 24 - JULY 26 TABLE OF CONTENTS W ELCOME .... .. · .. 2 GENERA L INFORMATION .. .... 3 FEATURED SPEAKERS. .. 4 SCHEDULE GROUP A . .6 GROUP B .... ... .... 7 EVENT D ESC RIPTIONS. · .. 8 PASS PORT TO PINOT 11 LINF IELD COLLEGE M AP ... .. .. .. 36 FEATURED WINER IES AUSTRALI A. ........ 12 AUSTRIA. 13 C ANADA ... • . .. ... 14 FRANCE. · ... 14 N EW ZEALAND. · .. 21 UNITED STATE S . · . 23 C ALIFORNIA . ... 23 OREGON .. ....... • • ... .. .. ... 31 WASI·lI NGTON .. .48 FEATURED C HEFS .49 IPNC CHEFS ' SUPPORT T EAM . · . 66 W INE SERVICE. .67 T HANK Y O U. 68 B OARD OF DIRECTUI<) .. .. ... .. ...... .. 70 ALPHABETICA L INDEX O F FEATURED W INER IES .. .. ........ 71 FE ATU RED CHEFS. 72 RE SIDENT ARTIST .......... · ...72 WELCOME! GENERAL INFORMATION Thank you for the pleasure of your company at the IPN C GIFT SHOP & CONCIERGE Guest messages, lost and found items, organic logowear TWENTy-THIRD ANN UAL such as t-shirts and ballcaps, and Riedel glassware ca n be I NTE RNATI ONAL P INOT N a iR C ElE BRATION found at the IPNC Gift Shop & Concierge, located in Ri ley Hall (#2). To re ac h th e Gift Shop & Concierge, please ca ll 503/883-2791. We welcome you to a luxurious weekend of world-class wine, exquisite cui sine, and international camaraderie, HOllrs: where w inemakers and wine devotees from around the Thllrsday: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. world ga ther to celebrate an elusi ve and wonderful gift of Friday: 7:30 <l .m . - 8:00 p.m. nature - Pinot nair. Satllrday: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Slinday: 9:00 a.m. - 72 :30 p.m. * ' relocated to Oak Crove from 2:00 p.m. - S:30 p.m. One of the world's oldest known grape varieties, Pinot nair is revered for its unique abi lity to produce w ines that COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE SERVICE embody both strength and delicacy. Th ere are on ly a few A shuttle to and from off-campus lodging wil l depart Linfield regions in the world w here it can be grown successfully, at posted times throughout the weekend. The sc hedu le will and the climates and soils of these re gions are as distinctive be posted on the sidewalk in front of Dillin Hall (#33), and as the winemakers th emselves. Pinot nair reflects these at the concierge desk in Riley Hall (#2). YO li w ill also find differences, as well as the common threads of care and a copy in your registration packet. dedication required to transform this capricious grape into ROOM KEYS FOR CAMPUS LODGING fine wine. You w ill be able to pick up your room keys during registration. At the end of the weekend, plea se return your keys to the drop boxes in Dillin Hall (#33), or to the Pin ot noir ha s enjoyed much success since th e first Conferences office on the so uth side of Renshaw Hall (#32). Internalional Pinal Noir Celebration was held in 1987. Do not leave your keys in your room. Linfield will charge The number of Pinot nair growing regions and the you for lost keys. number of excellent Pinot nair producers worldwide have grown apace with the increase in overal l quality and TElEPHONES public appreciation of the wines. This shared affection Phones are loca ted in Riley Hall at the Gift Shop (#2 ) and has continued to inspire our annual Celebration, w here the H ea lth & Human Performance building (#48). All winemakers from four continents and both hem ispheres campus phones req uire a calling card for long-distance pour their wines for you to explore and en joy. calls. Please press "9" to dial out, and be sure to include the area code for local calls. Thi s year we come together once again in the spirit of BUILDING NUMBERS friendship and the common pursuit of Pinot noir in all its Refer to the Linfield map in the centerfold of this program. grand diversity. INTERNET Internet and W iFi are avai lable on campus . Refer to the handout in your regstration packet for instn:Jdions and locations. EARL Y BIRD SPECIAL! SA VE THE DATE! RESTROOMS Located in Dillin Hall(#33), Riley Hall (#2), Walker The Twenty-Fourth Annual International Pinot Nair Celebration Hall(#3), and Melrose Hall (#1). will be held at Linfield College, Ju ly 23-25, 2010. We invite our 2009 attendees to benefit from an exclusive EARLY BIRD SMOKING SPECiAl. IPNC ti ckets are available to you for $875 . Offer ends Linfield is a smoke-free campus. Thank you for not August 1, 2009. Register online or at the IPNC Gift Shopl smoking. PETS Guide dogs only. Pets are not permited. 2 3 FEATURED FEATURED SPEAKERS SPEAKERS JANCIS ROBINSON LAURENT MONTALIEU 2009 MASTER OF CEREMONIES Entrepreneur and winemaker laurent Montalieu grew Prolific author, Master of Wine, broadcaster, and world­ up in Bordeaux and took his very first steps in hi s great renowned wine educator, lancis Robinson is your Master grandfather's vineya rd in Medoc. From a young age, he of Ceremon ies. With an almost endless list of book titles immersed himself in studies of vineyard management and and internati onal accolades to her name, Jancis is among winemaking, working in wineries in France and Ca lifornia the most accomplished wine profess ionals in existence. before moving to Oregon. Laurent joined Willa Kenzie Estate Since 2000, she has ded icated much of her time to her in 1995 as a partner and winemaker. In 2003, he launched purple pages at www.jancisrobinson.com. a resource "for Solena Ce llars with his wife Danielle Andrus Monta li eu. In people who love good wine. " addition, LalJrent also serves as the winemaker, co-folJnder, and managing member of the NW Win e Company and TERRY CASTEEL Grand Cru Estates. Winemaker, co-owner, and co-founder of Bethel Heights Vineyard, Terry Casteel has al ways sought to capture in LYNN PENNER-ASH wine the synergy between Pinot noi r and the Bethel Heights lynn Penner-Ash bega n crafting award-winning Pinot noir estate vineyard. Terry explains, " I look for a tran spa rency in Oregon in 1988 before starting her premier winery, in olJr winemaking that allows the cha racter of the site to Penner-Ash Wine Cellars, in 1998 with her husband Ron . show through." With a master's degree in divinity and a Her interest in winemaking grew out of an early passion doctorate in educational psychology, Terry began making for the sciences. Lynn stud ied botany at the University wine in his Se attle basement in the 1970s. In 2005, 21 of California, Da vis where she changed her degree from years after Bethel Heights' first vintage, Terry was happily vitiClJl ture to oenology. Sin ce her years as President and joined by hi s son Ben and today th ey work togelher as co­ Chief Operating Officer at Re x Hill Vineyard s and Winery winemakers. from 1993 to 2002, Lynn ha s continlJed to craft award­ winning wines, paving a way for a new generation of STEVE DOERNER winemakers in Oregon. In 2008, Steve Doerner celebrated his 30th year as a winemaker. After yea rs making wine in Californi<l, Steve DAVID SCHILDKNECHT moved north to Oregon to join Paul Gerrie, founder and David Schildknecht trained in philosophy and worked owner of Cristom Vineyards. With a degree in biochemistry as a restaurateur before spending a quarter century in the from the University of California, Davis, Steve applies wine trade, whi le also writing on the side. Since 2007, he his experience an d knowledge to his phi losophy of has reported full time for Robert Parker 's Wine Advocate, winemaking. He favors meticlJlous vi neya rd management covering AlJstria, Germany, and much of France. A alld a minimalist approach in the cel lar, explaining " the columnist fo r The World of Fine Wine (UX) and Vinaria winemaker's job is to optimize what nature - the vi neyard (A ustr ia) as well as a regul ar contributor to Wine & Spirits - provides." (U.S.), Schi ldknecht is a contriblJtor to the third edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine and a co-alJthor of the FRAN(:OIS MILLET seventh edition of Robert Parker's Wine BlJyer's Guide. His After comprehensive sludies al the distinguished University life in wine occasiona ll y permits him to pursue his passion for music, history, and his infinitel y to lerant wife of three of Bourgogne, Dijon, Fran~ois Millet spent three yea rs as a consulting oenologist for various domaines before joining decades.