Lectures and Tastings

March 9, 2024: Lecture on ancient wine and tasting of retsina and Amarone for New Jersey Classical Associaton, Pennsauken Country Club, NJ.

Nov. 16, 2023: keynote address for Ghvino VI, Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Nov. 21-22, 2023: keynote lecture and tasting dinner for Francs de Pied society at the personal invitation of HSH Albert II of Monaco at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. See  https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2021/06/feet-on-the-ground-for-ungrafted-vines

Oct. 29, 2023: special seminar on the fermentation of ancient ales with Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery and Garrett Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery, followed by a King Midas dinner, for Wild World Fest, Brooklyn, NY.

Oct. 8-12, 2023: keynote address and working group meetings of the “Research Project for the Study of Georgian Grapes and Wine Culture” project, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Oct. 14-17, 2022: re-creation of ancient Celtic ale, Dogfish Head Brewery, Rehoboth, DE

Oct. 27, 2022: Lecture and tasting of Georgian varietals grown in the region.  Finger Lakes Community College, Geneva, NY.

Dec. 16-18, 2022: inaugural dinner and first tasting of ancient Celtic ale, Dogfish Head Brewery, Rehoboth, DE

Nov. 15-17, 2022: Ghvino V, UC Davis, CA.

July 5, 2022: Organized a special session on the “Prehistory of Beer” for the World Archaeological Congress, co-chairing session and presenting the introductory talk, Prehistoric Beer: A Global, Multidisciplinary Perspective, Prague, Czech Republic.

May 25, 2022: Glog, no. 10: The Winery of the World: How Puglia Became the Bulk Wine Capital by Jo Caird

April 27, 2022: “Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture,” with tastings of Greek and Lebanese wines, Historical Society of Haddonfield, Tavistock Country Club, Haddonfield, NJ.

Nov. 25, 2021: welcome message to 2nd Suul (“Alcohol”) conference in Seoul, South Korea, pre-recorded Zoom.

Nov. 9, 2021: keynote address, “The Origins of Viniculture: Past, Present, and Future,” Penn Museum, 4th Ghvino (Georgian wine) conference.

Oct. 28, 2021: keynote address, From East to West and Back Again: The Rise, Consolidation, and Expansion of the Roman Wine Industry.  Conference on Vine-Growing & Winemaking in the Roman World, Hybrid event at the Academia Belgica, the British School at Rome, and the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome, Rome, Italy.

June 9, 2021: lecture, Historical Society of Haddonfield, Kings Road Brewery, with special re-creation and tasting of the “Gordian Knot,” Haddonfield, NJ.

Feb. 20, 2021: De Loach Vineyard and Boisset Collection special members’ event, lecture and Q and A on “Ancient Wines and Qvevri Fermentation,” by Zoom.

Nov. 11, 2020: lecture and webinar on ancient Neolithic wine, 3rd Ghvino (Georgian wine) conference, by Zoom.

Oct. 2, 2020: keynote address, “The Elixir of Eternity and the Afterlife: Exploring Matthew Clairmont’s Wine Cellar Through the Ages,” AllSouls (Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, U.K.) conference, Science History Institute, Philadelphia, by prerecording on Zoom.

Jan. 15, 2020 (Wednesday), 5:30-7 PM: “Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created,” MindCORE, Penn Museum, Philadelphia

Oct. 28, 2019 (Monday): lecture (“Georgia: Cradle of Viniculture”) and panel discussion at Georgian wine conference, Harvard University Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA

Oct. 25, 2019 (Friday), 9:30-10:30 AM: keynote address, “Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created,” Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology Conference (REARC), Fredericksburg VA

Oct. 18, 2019 (Friday), 6;30-8:30 PM, Easttown Library, Berwyn, PA: “Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created,” plus Midas Touch and La Cabra Beer Tasting, $10/person,

Oct. 6, 2019 (Sunday), 2-4 PM, Green Soul Restaurant, Art Museum area, Philadelphia:  “Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created,” first in a 3-part series on “Beyond The Pale – The Diverse Roots and Future of Brewing Beer,” with a tasting of Midas Touch, free admission

June 21-24, 2019: keynote at Sommeliers to Mead, CIA and University of California Davis

May 20-22, 2019:  keynote at Honey Summit, Austin, TX

April 15-16, 2019: lecture at Stanford University conference on “Alcohol, rituals and spiritual world in ancient China and beyond: an interdisciplinary perspective,” TBA

April 9, 2019: Craft Brewers Conference, Denver, CO, evening reception for The Haskell Co.

April 5, 2019: American Whiskey Convention, VIP Tour of the Penn Museum’s Fermented Beverage Artifact Collections, Penn Museum, 5:45 PM

Jan. 27-29, 2019: ancient wine talk as “capstone” of Wine Sommelier Summit, CIA, Napa, CA

Nov. 23, 2018: lecture at Sool (“Alcohol”) conference in Seoul, South Korea

Nov. 13, 2018: lecture and panel discussion at Georgian wine conference, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

Nov. 2, 2016: lecture on ancient wine at American Wine Society national meeting in Buffalo, NY

Oct. 18, 2018: lecture on ancient wine for Princeton Theological Seminary class (“Wine and Bible”), Farminary, Princeton, NJ, 6:30-9 PM

Oct. 9, 2018: lecture and class at Harvard University, in conjunction with Harvard Art Museums and Semitic Museum

September 13-14, 2018: British Academy, London, conference on Alcohol and Humans: A Long and Social Affair (“Uncorking the Past: Alcoholic Fermentation as Humankind’s First Biotechnology”)

August 3 (Friday) and 4 (Saturday), 2018: Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Drinking in the Past: Rediscovering and Recreating Ancient Egyptian Brews, Talk and Tasting)

June 14-15, 2018: Eastern Michigan University, Thursday: 4 PM, public lecture (Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created), and Friday, 1:30 PM, “Alcoholic Beverages as the Universal Medicine,” both lectures in 154 Science Complex; Thursday, 6 PM: Midas dinner with Ancient Ales, Bona Sera Restaurant, Ypsilanti.  Contact Harriet Lindsay (harrietlindsay@gmail.com)

June 6, 2018: Goddard Space Flight Center, Beltsville, MD (Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created)

May 19-20, 2018: Food&Science Festival, Mantua, Italy.  Lecture on Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created at Bibiena Theater (Sat. PM) and tasting to follow

April 12, 2018, 4:30 PM: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI, keynote (Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created), and Midas dinner with Ancient Ales, Kalamazoo Beer Exchange (https://www.facebook.com/WMUHistory/)

April 24, 2018, 6 PM: Freising, Germany, 13th European Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry Workshop, “Uncorking the Past: Alcoholic Beverages as the Universal Medicine before Synthetics”

March 25, 2018, 11 AM: Chadds Ford Historical Society, Chadds Ford PA: Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

March 18, 2018, 3:30 PM: American Chemical Society, New Orleans LA, symposium on “Food at the Crossroads: Water, Energy, Environment, Technology, “Uncorking the Past: Alcoholic Beverages as the Universal Medicine before Synthetics”

March 14, 2018, 9 AM: American Mead Makers Association conference, Broomfield CO, keynote (Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created)

February 15, 2018, 7 PM: Band of Media Brewers (The BOMB), Sterling Pig Brewery, Media PA (Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created)

December 7, 2017: College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, St. Joseph MN: Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

December 5, 2017: Penn Museum, tasting of Ancient Ales and reparte with Sam Calagione

October 11, 2017: La Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, France, keynote lecture

Early October, 2017: University of New England, Biddeford, ME (near Portland), multiple events

September 22, 2017, 5-7 PM: Baltimore Book Fair, with Sam Calagione and tastings of Ancient Ales (Midas Touch, Chateau Jiahu, and Theobroma)

August 20-22, 2017: BevCon, Charleston, SC: lecture and seminar

June 15-17, 2017: Homebrewers conference, Minneapolis, MN

June 14, 2017: Brooklyn Historical Society

June 9-10, 2017: Smithsonian Institution, Ancient Wine

June 8, 2017: Smithsonian Institution, Ancient Brews

June 6, 2017: Philadelphia Free Library, Ancient Brews

June, 2017: Publication of Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created by WW Norton, NYC.  Tour to DC, Boston and New York, and other events.  Details coming.  Possible new ancient ale in Rehoboth…

May 21, 2017, 6 pm: Sedgeley Club, Philadelphia: Midas dinner and lecture

Week of May 2-5, 2017, various times: Center for Intercultural Studies, Mainz University (Germany): public lecture

Friday, Febuary 24, 2017, evening: Alcohol in the Ancient World conference, Center for Ancient Studies, Penn Museum: keynote on ancient fermented beverages

Saturday, November 19, 2016: What’s That You’re Drinking: Midas Touch or Chateau Jiahu?, Philadelphia Classical Society, Baldwin School

Wednesday, November 16, 2017: UPenn Prevention Research Center annual meeting, Center for Health Behavior Research, Penn Museum

Friday, November 11, 2016, 12-1 pm: Hershey (PA) Medical Center, Uncorking the Past: Fermentation as Humankind’s First Biotechnology

Thursday, November 3, 2016, 5-8:30 pm: American Chemical Society, Juniata College, PA: Uncorking the Past: A Biomolecular Archaeological Perspective

Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:30-9 pm: Exxon-Mobil Research Club, Bridgewater Manor, 1251 Rte. 202/206, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807: Uncorking the Past: Fermentation as Humankind’s First Biotechnology

Friday, June 10, 2016, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm: National Homebrewer Conference, Baltimore Convention Center: Ur-Buzz: The Advent of Human-Controlled Fermentation

April 4, 2016: Foobooz: Taste Ancient Ales with Dogfish Head at the Penn Museum, by Kelly Alderfer

May 28, 2015: World Science Festival (Ace Hotel, Liberty Hall, NYC), premier of new ancient ale/spirit by Dogfish Head: Press Release and Video.

June 3, 2015: American Committee for Tyre, Library of Congress, lecture on Tyrian Purple and Wine

June 4, 2015: Penn otorhinolarynologists, Penn Museum, Uncorking the Past talk, with tastings

Early September, 2015: Smallholders Gathering Festival in Clachan Village keynote and re-creations of ancient fermented beverages Campelltown and Islay, Scotland

Sept. 26, 2015: St. Louis Beekeepers keynote, lecture and tastings

Oct. 2, 2015: Cleveland Museum of Natural History, lecture and tastings

TBA: AIA lecture in Kent/Akron OH

October 11-13, 2015: International Alcoholic Beverage Culture & Technology Symposium, Taiyuan, China

Past year:

May 14, 2015: National Geographic Society, Washington DC, opening of Indiana Jones exhibit

Cosmos Club, Washington DC, King Midas dinner

May 1-2, 2015: Canadian Archaeological Association keynote and Beerthief, Newfoundland, Canada

Australian Society for Microbiology keynote and talks in Melbourne, Adelaide (Australian Wine Research Institute), Perth, and Sydney.

World Science Festival (Brooklyn, NY)

Tales of the Cocktail keynote, New Orleans

“Intoxication and Civilization: Beer’s Ancient Past,” podcast, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Phila.

DeLand (Florida) Craft Beer Week keynote

ALLELE (Evolution Working Group) keynote, University of Alabama

Confucius Institute keynote, University of California Davis

Penn periodontists, Northeast Phila.and Center City

Philly Homebrew Club, Christ Church, Phila.

Northwest China Council, Portland, OR

Cornell-Penn Alumni, Lancaster, PA

Newlin Grist Mill, Delaware County, keynote for ancient and colonial beer conference

Stanford University, Archaeological Institute of America

American Museum of Natural History, NYC

Arnold Arboretum (Harvard University)