It looks like Ken Verosub, the former conductor of the Terroir 2006 Express, has hopped back on the train:

Dear pre-registrants,

I am pleased to report that the dean of the College of Letters and Science and the dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences have reached an agreement that makes it possible for me to resume my association with Terroir 2006. Information about the conference can be found at http://terroir.ucdavis.edu. I encourage you to consider attending this grand event.

The original post seems to have disappeared, but the post dealing with the reasons for Verosub’s departure from the event are still around.

Myself, I’m going mainly for the field trip and the gala dinner at Beringer Winery. Should be delicious.