Announcing the Pinot Noir and Identity Symposium

The Pinot Noir and Identity Symposium will be the inaugural event organised by The Pinot Noir Project. Our first international symposium aims to focus attention on this grape variety’s unique place in the world of wine by examining how Pinot Noir’s identity has been constructed over the centuries, and will be held at St Cross College, Univeristy of Oxford across 10-11 July 2025.

We will be inviting contributions that will explore not only the origins and historical evolution of its status, reputation, and mythology, but also envisage how these aspects of its identity might be reconstructed in new environmental and commercial contexts.

In addition to a programme of papers, we will be organising a panel comprised of academic and industry representatives to respond to the research presented and propose ways to actively collaborate across academia and industry. We are also currently exploring venues for publishing a selection of peer-reviewed papers from the Symposium.

For more information about the Symposium, see the full event listing here.

Further details on submission guidelines will be available soon. If you’d like to be notified when this occurs, you can register your details here.