Embracing Hybrid Grapes

The first wine conference dedicated to highlighting the benefits of hybrid grapes in California.

26th January 2026 at UC Davis

Embracing Hybrid Grapes gives you a chance to taste and learn about hybrid grapes and how they can benefit California wine. Tastings, keynotes, interviews, panels, presentations and more. You’ll get exposure, practical knowledge and inspiration about growing, making and selling hybrid grape wine and why it’s important.

Giving California wine the opportunity to grow in resilience, embody more ecological and regenerative vales, and achieve greater cultural distinctiveness.

Hybrid grapes embody the urgently needed process of adaptation.

We’ve been missing out on a huge opportunity to:

• Adapt our viticulture for greater resilience in a time of rapid change and weather extremes.
• Eliminate or reduce our dependence on pesticides. The health of our world depends on it.
• Create distinctive local wine cultures and stand out in a global market. It’s time we start making California wine in California.

Brought to you by Adam Huss of Beyond Organic Wine