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what is rise?

Regeneration | Innovation | Sustainability |  Empowerment 

RISE Climate & Wine Symposium is a multi-day conference focused on bringing together resources, community, and education to increase climate action leadership in the wine industry. 

This symposium provides actionable opportunities to build social equity, conserve natural resources, achieve carbon neutrality, and create more resilient vineyards, businesses and communities.

Join us April 2027. 

past keynote speakers

Jancis Robinson, OBE, MW

JancisRobinson.com

Ray Isle

Food & Wine

Christopher Renfro

280 Project

Eric Asimov

the new york times

Bill McKibben

350.org

Maryam Ahmed

Maryam + Company

Paul Muller

Full Belly Farms

Cathy corison
& Grace Corison Martin

corison winery

Kelly Mulville

Paicines Ranch

Jason Haas

Tablas Creek Vineyard

Michael Silacci

opus one

Kayalin Akens-Irby

Planet FWD

Jermaine Stone

Cru Luv Wines & Author

mimi casteel

hope well wine

Nikki Silvestri

SOIL AND SHADOW

Prof. Kimberly Nicholas

Sustainability Scientist at Lund University & Author

Birgit Cameron

Patagonia Provisions

Carolina Leonhardt

Clif Bar & Company

Esther Mobley

San Francisco Chronicle

Jonathan Foley

Project Drawdown

Andrea Robinson, MS

Master Sommelier

Arnulfo Solorio

Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation

Elizabeth Vianna

Chimney Rock Winery

Sarah Keiser

Wild Oat Hollow

Katherine Cole

750 Daily & The Four Top

Will Drayton

Treasury Wine Estates

Philana Bouvier

Demeine Estates

Adam Rack

Revino

Dr. Peter Gleick

the Pacific Institute

Taylor Kate Brown

San Francisco Chronicle

Patrick Spencer

the Cork Forest Conservation Alliance

Kelli Audrey White

Sommelier & Author

Beth Forrestel, PhD

UC Davis

Dr. Akilah Cadet

Change Cadet

Sam Parra

AHIVOY

Remi Cohen

Domaine Carneros

"The wine industry is a bright spot of climate leadership. Winegrowers are showing how to work with instead of against nature to produce great wines."
Kimberly Nicholas, PhD, Professor of Sustainability Science, Lund University & Author, Under the Sky We Make