Pam first started writing about organic and biodynamically grown wines in 2011, when she launched the first organic and biodynamic wine blog devoted to U.S. wines. She was dismayed by discovering and reading the Pesticide Use Report in California and working with pesticide scientists to understand the impact of various vineyard chemicals, but excited to discover so many wineries farming organically.
FIRST APPS ON ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC WINES
By 2012, she launched the first organic and biodynamic wine apps (no longer available) helping consumers to purchase and visit wineries with organic and biodynamic vines. The apps were featured in the L.A. Times.
INTERNATIONAL BIODYNAMIC WINE CONFERENCE
In 2018, after writing about all of the biodynamic wineries in the U.S., she served as the Conference Program Director for Demeter USA's 2018 International Biodynamic Wine Conference.
SLOW WINE GUIDE USA
In 2018, she became senior editor (and is now co-editor) of Slow Wine Guide USA dramatically increasing coverage of organic and biodynamic producers in the guide.
SPEAKING AND EDUCATION
She also began speaking to community groups and college audiences about organic and biodynamic wine topics.
ORGANICALLY WINE
She wrote but did not launch five sites on organic and biodynamic wineries, a project that was cancelled due to the pandemic.
VIVINO CONSULTANT
In 2020, she licensed her database of U.S., New Zealand and South American organic and biodynamically grown wines to Vivino, which, due to a change in management, cancelled adding the data to the global wine app.
FUTURE
She awaits the day when the world will want the database of organic and biodynamic wines and wineries to be released.
"Pam Strayer is the country’s foremost authority on organic and biodynamic wines and vines. While I have taken advantage of her know-how for years, I am so excited that she is launching sites [maybe one day] for consumers and the wine industry.
-Elizabeth Candelario, regenerative food and wine industry consultant; former president, Demeter USA
"The energy and commitment that Slow Wine Guide Senior Editor Pam Strayer brings...is an inspiration for me.
An environmental and health journalist, she writes expertly about organic and biodynamic viticulture...and has impressive experience tasting wines."
-Jeremy Parzen, Coordinating Editor for North America, Slow Wine Guide 2020
"You contributed a lot...and I'm still getting mileage from your story uncovering the origins of our sulfites regulation!"
-Christian Miller, Full Glass Research, Instructor
U.C. Davis OIV Wine Marketing Program
"Pam Strayer’s coverage of the organic and biodynamic wine world stateside is based on rigorous research ...into individual wineries' wine growing and winemaking practices."
-Monty Waldin, author, The Oxford Companion to Wine (organic and biodynamic sections) and numerous books on organic and biodynamic wines, Regional Chair for Tuscany at the Decanter World Wine Awards
"The go to person on organic and biodynamic wines."
-Alder Yarrow, Vinography and JancisRobinson.com
• California's Organic Wave: Wine Grape Acreage Increases By 1,774 Acres in Last 12 Months
Four properties with a total of 1,370 acres or 77 percent of the new acres are a mix of family owned (Jackson, Halter Ranch, Stolpman) as well as big corporations (Constellation)
What separates organically grown wines from conventional and sustainable–chemicals. An organic explainer.
--Full Pour magazine (print)
• Hawk and Horse Vineyards Combines Unique Traditions with Biodynamic Farming
A unique Lake County winery with ranching, biodynamic farming and Lake County diamonds.
--Grape and Wine magazine (print + online)
• How a Salad Bar Disaster Changed the Course of U.S. Wine History
The history of America's weird no added sulfite organic wine laws revealed at last
--Pix.com
What makes eco-certified wines unique: explainer
--Voices/Maze Row Merchant (print + online)
More than 300 wineries are converting to organic certification
--Voices/Maze Row Merchant (print + online)
• Why Organic Winegrowing Can Be More Profitable Than Conventional
Site, skill, quality and markets make the difference
--Daily Seven Fifty
• "He Had Insane Trust": Paul Dolan's Celebration of Life Sendoff in Mendocino
Wine greats, members of the winemaking community and friends and family gathered Friday, August 4 at Dark Horse Vineyard
• Biodynamic Viticulture Class in Napa Features Italian Allstars
Biodynamics may be among the most misunderstood terms in the wine industry but not any more.
• In Memoriam: Organic and Biodynamic Pioneer Paul Dolan, "Ahead of the Curve"
"He was a leader in the whole process of scaling up organic and biodynamic agriculture and regenerative organic.”
• Celebrate Life: The Wines and the People at Miljenko Grgich's 100th Birthday Celebration
Rare historic wines, pivotal moments and family and friends - Croatian born Mike Grgich’s 100 year long life were celebrated in two days of festivities earlier this month, with luminaries and friends from far and wide that illustrated the arc of his career beginning with his arrival in the valley in 1958.
• Sonoma Valley's Rossi Ranch Acclaimed as To Kalon for Grenache
An old vine vineyard planted in 1910 finds new life in Rhone varieties sought after by 100 point winemakers from Napa
• California Pesticide Regulators Set a New Course to Reduce Toxic Chemicals
Top agencies signal an agro-ecological shift and softer materials may lie ahead
• From E. & J. Gallo to Whole Foods and Napa: Brands Are Increasingly Going Organic
Black Box to test organic, Central Coast expands organic acreage, and Napa's organic estates double in number in 6 years
A study of 128,000 wines over 20 years brings insights; wine economists say better farming correlates with better scores
WINES AND VINES
• What It Costs to be Certified Organic | 2017
• The Organic Opportunity: Will the U.S. Miss Out? (op-ed) | 2018
A study of 128,000 wines over 20 years brings insights; wine economists say better farming correlates with better scores
• How a Salad Bar Disaster Changed the Course of U.S. Wine History
The history of America's weird no added sulfite organic wine laws revealed at last
--Pix.com
• Why Organic Winegrowing Can Be More Profitable Than Conventional
Site, skill, quality and markets make the difference
--Daily Seven Fifty
• The Organic Opportunity: Will the U.S. Miss Out? (op-ed) | 2018
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