WAVE featuring Ravenholt Lecture Series
April 22 All day
WAVE (Washington Advancements in Viticulture and Enology) Research Symposium
featuring the Ravenholt Lecture Series
April 22, 2026
WSU Tri-Cities Consolidated Information Center, Room #120
2770 Crimson Way, Richland WA
Agenda
8:30 am Registration – Coffee and pastries
9:00 am Welcome and Overview – Dr. Jean Dodson Peterson, Chair, Washington State University’s Viticulture and Enology Department; Kristina Kelley, Executive Director of Washington State Wine Commission; Julie Tarara, Research Program Manager, WSWC; and Natalie Collins, West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force, Steering Committee Chair
9:15 am Keynote Ravenholt Lecture: Clearing the Smokescreen: Progress and Priorities in Smoke Exposure Research – Dr. Arran Rumbaugh, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Davis, CA
10:00 am Smoke Wine Sensory Analysis – Katie Nelson, Ste Michelle Wine Estates; Linn Scott, Sparkman Cellars/Sigiollo Cellars; Dr. Tom Collins, WSU
10:45 am Coffee and Research Poster Break
11:15 am Establishing Sensory Thresholds – Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino, Oregon State University
12:00 pm Lunch and Research Poster Break
1:00 pm Understanding Grapevine Response to Smoke – Dr. Dario Cantu, University of California, Davis
1:30 pm Smoke Emissions, Atmospheric Aging, and Deposition – Dr. Michael Kleeman, UC-D
2:00 pm Prevention in the Vineyard – Dr. Tom Collins, WSU
2:30 pm Break and Research Posters
3:00 pm Thiol Chemistry – Dr. MacKenzie Aragon, WSU
3:30 pm Mitigation Technologies for Wineries – Dr. Bob Coleman, WSU
4:00 pm Where do we go Next? – Panel discussion
4:30 pm Wine Social Hour and Research Posters
5:30 pm Adjourn
Registration Coming soon!
Questions? ve.department@wsu.edu
