2025 Conference Program
2025 Workshops & Conference
Workshops will take place on Tuesday, March 25 and provide a full day exploration of a single topic: Winery Administration and Tax Compliance or Safety and Bioprotection Issues. You can choose one of the full workshops or cherry-pick just the sessions you want from each. Lunch included.
New in 2025: A General Session on Tuesday will kick off the Workshop program at 10:30 am. Wine industry analyst Andrew Adams will present data and analysis on the current state of the U.S. Wine Industry and production trends. This session is open to all Workshop attendees.
EWE Conference sessions take place March 26-27 and will feature sessions throughout both days on Enology, Marketing and Viticulture.
The License to Steal® Wine Marketing Conference will present the full Marketing track March 26-27 as part of the EWE Conference. That means your EWE Conference pass will also give you access to LTS Marketing sessions. Separate EWE & LTS registration is not required.
WORKSHOPS | TUESDAY, MARCH 25
Workshop General Session
WGS | Current State of the U.S. Wine Industry & Production Trends
Workshop 1: Winery Administration and Tax Compliance
W01a | All About TTB Permits
W01b | Guide to TTB Records Compliance
W01c | Business Succession Planning and Value Enhancement
W01d | A Pinch of SALT: State and Local Tax Issues for Vineyards & Wineries
Workshop 2: Safety and Bioprotection Issues
W02a | Winery Sanitation
W02b | Vineyard Worker Safety
W02c | Winery Worker Safety
W02d | Bioprotection Strategies for Juice and Wine
CONFERENCE | MARCH 26-27
ENOLOGY
E01 | Benefits for Wine Chemistry of Accentuated Cut Edge (ACE) Processing
E02 | Gamay’s Versatility and Potential
E03 | Building Phenolic Compounds in the Winery
E04 | Stavin Barrel Alternatives Tasting
E05 | Ambient Yeast Fermentation Protocols
E06 | Ion Exchange Chromatography to Adjust Acidity
E07 | Trends in White Wine: <12% Alcohol or No Alcohol
E08 | Building Aromatics & Texture for White & Rosé Wines
E09 | Sauvignon Blanc: Winemaking for Today’s Most Popular White Varietal
VITICULTURE
V01 | Effectiveness of Biopesticides & Fruit Shelters Against Fungal Disease
V02 | Building Phenolic Compounds in the Vineyard
V03 | Pierce’s Disease Research Report
V04 | Grape & Wine Industry Needs Assessment Results
V05 | Control of Mealybugs in Vineyards Using Three Insecticides & Ant Toxicants
V06 | Environmental Drivers of Tannin Extractability in PA Winegrapes
V07 | Grapes for a Changing Climate I
V08 | Setting Up Data Collection to Monitor Fungal Disease Pressure
V09 | Evaluation of an Unmanned Ground Sprayer for Vineyards
ENOLOGY/VITICULTURE
EV01 | Solving a Grape’s Identity: Using DNA or Ampelography?
EV02 | Grapes for a Changing Climate II
MARKETING FROM LICENSE TO STEAL®
Program to be announced late October.
Conference Manager
Richard Leahy has organized major wine industry conference programs from Pennsylvania to Minnesota since 1997, and has been writing about wines of Virginia and the East since 1986. He started the Eastern Winery Exposition in 2012 with Operations Director Marcia Gulino and former owner Bob Mignarri. In 2007 he organized the Virginia Wine Experience in London which brought the top 64 Virginia wines there for leading British wine media and trade to taste. He was a regional editor for Kevin Zraly’s American Wine Guide, and was Mid-Atlantic and Southern Editor for the Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America. He was East Coast Editor of Vineyard & Winery Management for over ten years. He is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers. Richard’s book on Virginia wine, Beyond Jefferson’s Vines, now in a third edition, was first published in 2012 by Sterling Publishing. In 2022, he was given the Birchenall Award by the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association for his promotion of the Eastern wine industry over the years. He also has a website and blog focused on wines of the East at www.richardleahy.com.
Program Advisory Board
Thank you to the EWE Program Advisory Board for their input, ideas, feedback, and suggestions that continue to make the EWE Conference stronger every year.
- Peter Bell, Fox Run Vineyards, New York
- Tim Benedict, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, New York
- Jerry Forest, Buckingham Valley Vineyards, Pennsylvania
- Patty Held, Patty Held Consulting, Missouri
- Lucie Morton, Lucie Morton Consulting, Virginia
- Tom Payette, Tom Payette Wine Consulting, Virginia