LUCERNE, Calif. – On Thursday the Friends of Marymount California University Lakeside presented the second installment in its fall Distinguished Speaker Series titled, “Grape to Glass: The Past, Present and Future of Agriculture in Lake County” at Marymount California University's Lucerne campus.
The program featured Tracey Hawkins, a founding partner and executive winemaker at Hawk and Horse Vineyards, who discussed biodynamic farming; Christian Ahlmann, Six Sigma Ranch and Winery's vice president of operations; and Paul Zellman, director of education for the Lake County Winegrape Commission and a viticulture instructor at Mendocino College, who gave a history of Lake County winegrapes and the future of local winegrowing.
The final program in the series will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1, and will include a presentation by Robert Bath, MS, CHE, professor of wine and beverage studies at the Culinary Institute of America, Napa Valley, and member of the Court of Master Sommeliers, who will feature local sources of food products paired with Lake County wines.
The MCU Lakeside campus is located at 3700 Country Club Drive, Lucerne.
For more information and directions to the campus, call 888-991-5253 and leave a message.
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