Michigan State University’s Paolo Sabbatini will be the featured viticulture speaker and former MSU professor Stan Howell, now the lead viticulture specialist for the VESTA program, will be the speaker at the Grand Awards Banquet. This is a real “One-Two Punch”, with Paolo’s breadth and depth of viticulture knowledge and Stan’s incredibly productive career accomplishments making for a great educational program; of course Stan will bring a thoughtful historical perspective, along with his great sense of humor to the table, so it promises to be an outstanding conference.