Schedule of events for the Judgment of Davis final celebration at UC Davis, Monday, May 18, 2026
🍇 8:00am – 9:00 am: Registration & Morning Coffee
Location: UC Davis International Center, 436 California Ave., Davis, California
🍇 9:00 am – 11:00 am: Vine to Mind Symposium Workshop on the Arts and Sciences of Wine Quality Judgment, Part One: Wine Judging From Multiple Perspectives
Location: UC Davis International Center, 436 California Ave., Davis, California
- Chair: Xiao-Li Meng, Founding Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Data Science Review
- Orley Ashenfelter, Joseph Doogla Green 1895 Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Princeton University: “Forty Years of Liquid Assets, and Other Stories”
- Philippe Masset, Associate Professor of Finance, EHL Hospitality Business School: “What Data Science Reveals About Wine Evaluation”
- Ha Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Sensory Science, UC Davis: “Beyond the Glass: Wine Evaluation Through the Lens of Sensory Science”
🍇 11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Vine to Mind Symposium Workshop on the Arts and Sciences of Wine Quality Judgment, Part Two: Panel Discussion and Q&A
Location: UC Davis International Center, 436 California Ave., Davis, California
🍇 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Casual lunch
Location: UC Davis International Center, 436 California Ave., Davis, California
🍇 1:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Judgment of Davis Part I (White Wines)
Location: Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Theater, 392 Old Davis Rd., Davis, California
- 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm: Registration
- 2:15 pm: Doors open
- 2:15 pm – 2:25pm: Guests are seated
- 2:25pm: Doors close
- 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Blind tasting of 13 white wines
- 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Reveal of white wines
🍇 Between Parts I and II: Break with coffee served
Location: Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Theater, 392 Old Davis Rd., Davis, California
🍇 4:15 pm – 6:30 pm: Judgment of Davis Part II (Red Wines)
Location: Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Theater, 392 Old Davis Rd., Davis, California
- 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Registration
- 4:45 pm: Doors open
- 4:45 pm – 4:55pm: Guests are seated
- 4:55pm: Doors close
- 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm: Blind tasting of 12 red wines
- 6:15 pm – 6:30 pm: Reveal of red wines
🍇 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Judgment of Davis and Vine to Mind Symposium reception
Location: Robert Mondavi Institute Courtyard, 392 Old Davis Rd., Davis, California
- After 7:00 pm: Judgment of Davis results publicly announced
🍇 8:30 pm – 9:15 pm: Screening of “The Swirled Cup,” a short film about the Judgment of Paris
Location: Robert Mondavi Institute Sensory Theater, 392 Old Davis Rd., Davis, California
- Introduced by Andrea Robinson, Master Sommelier
🍇 Parking for all events: UC Davis Gateway Parking Structure (passes for purchase at entrance)