History of IPNC Seminar Topics
1987 - 2011
2011 The Worldwide Pinot Community: 25 Years of Collaboration
2010 Wine is Food: The Art of Pairing Pinot
2009 1) Down to Earth: Oregon 5x5
2) Tour de Chambolle-Musigny w/ Comte de Vogüé
2008 Sustainability without Sacrifice (exploring sustainable farming practices)
2007 The Secret Life of Pinot Noir: Pinot Takes a Walk on the Sparkling Side
2006 The Course of Two Decades (blind tasting of New World Pinots)
2005 Everybody's A Critic (Wine writer panelists and their tasting process)
2004 Le Nouveau Visage de la Bourgogne (new generation of Burgundians)
2003 You Say Noir, I Say Nero (Italian Pinot Panel)
2002 Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Tuna + Pinot Pairing
2001 For the Love of the Land: from weeds to wild yeasts, vintners are assessing all the things that grow there (new winemaking and farming practices)
2000 Cracking the Pinot Noir Time Capsule (aged Pinots from Burg and OR)
1999 Pinot Noir in the Land of the Long White Cloud (New Zealand Travelogue)
1998 Terroir and the Winemaker (1996 vintage 3x3)
1997 A Burgundian Travelogue (moderated by Remington Norman)
1996 Series of small drop-in sessions including “Pinot Noir on the Internet” and “Finding the Blue Light Specials on a Wine List”
1995 Burgundy Négociants: What they do, how they do it, and how they affect the market
1994 The Personality of Vintages in Burgundy
1993 Somewhereness of Someoneness - Does the Ultimate Pinot Noir Express a Place or a Personality?
1992 Controversy in Burgundy - The Techniques of Guy Accad
1991 No record
1990 No record
1989 Wine Quality and Distinction: The Effect of Various Pinot Noir Clones
1988 No record
1987 Different Perspectives on Growing and Making of Pinot Noir