The first regenerative symposium for the wine industry delivers on leadership, community-building, and wine enjoyment.
May 13, 2026 (Santa Barbara, CA) — The MINDSET Regeneration & Resilience Symposium (June 8–10, Cambria Estate Winery) will provide an exceptional education and peer-to-peer learning opportunity, with approval by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) for eight hours of continuing education credit, as well as a closing Regenerative Wine Tasting on June 10 — with twelve producers confirmed from California, Oregon, France, and Italy, including wines from four contributors to the forthcoming Wine, Water & Weeds edited collection.
Eight Hours of DPR Continuing Education Credit
DPR has approved eight hours of MINDSET programming for continuing education credit, enabling licensed pesticide applicators, qualified applicators, and pest control advisers to meet their annual CE requirements while learning how to leverage soil health, biodiversity, and complexity to reduce the need for synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Approved content covers the morning workshops on Understanding Soil Health and Biodiversity Solutions, and afternoon Masterclasses on Biology & Diversity (Day 1) led by John Kempf (Advancing Eco Agriculture) and Keith Berns (Green Cover), and Lessons from Managing Holistically (Day 2) led by Kelly Mulville (Paicines Ranch) and Jesse Smith (White Buffalo Land Trust).
Alice Anderson, Âmevive co-owner and winemaker, shares, “Long before ‘regenerative farming’ became a common term, I realized how deeply soil health and biodiversity impact vine balance and overall farm health. I’m excited about this kind of continuing education because it creates space for conversations that genuinely feel useful in the vineyard — not just how to respond to issues, but how to build healthier systems that are naturally more resilient over time.”
Twelve Producers Confirmed for the Closing Regenerative Wine Tasting
MINDSET will close on the evening of June 10 with a Regenerative Wine Tasting featuring twelve confirmed producers from California, Oregon, and abroad — vintners working across distinct regions, climates, and varieties, united by a commitment to farming that builds soil and biodiversity, enhances resilience, stores carbon, and produces wines of genuine place.
Four of the wines being poured are from leading winemakers who have contributed chapters to Wine, Water & Weeds, the forthcoming edited collection that will be formally announced at the Symposium: Hope Well Wine, from Mimi Casteel’s vineyard in Willamette Valley, Oregon; Tablas Creek, the Paso Robles winery led by Jason Haas that was the first Regenerative Organic Certified vineyard; Salcheto, Michele Manelli’s energy-independent estate in Tuscany; and Maison Mirabeau, the Provence house led by Stephen Cronk, co-founder of the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation.
“No producer transitions alone,” says Stephen Cronk. “Regenerative farming is a craft you learn shoulder-to-shoulder, in the vineyard, with peers who have been there and done it themselves. Gatherings like MINDSET are where the movement actually accelerates, and the wines on the table are the most persuasive argument any of us can make.”
The case for regenerative agriculture is made in the vineyard, and in the glass.
Event Details
Dates: June 8–10, 2026
Location: Cambria Winery & Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley, CA
CE Credit: Eight hours approved by the California DPR
Registration & full event lineup: www.agmindset.com
