Paige is an agronomist researching questions at the intersection of viticulture, climate, and sustainability. Her work has taken her to Bordeaux, the Rheingau, Tuscany, Napa Valley, the Languedoc, and Long Island.

Currently a PhD student at the Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE, Bordeaux, France), Paige is investigating innovative, prophylactic methods to manage grapevine downy mildew with the aim of reducing chemical use in vineyards. Paige’s previous research addressed the impact of agriphotovoltaic shading on grapevine physiology (at right) in Geisenhiem (Germany), and the relationship between Napa Valley’s many viticultural mesoclimates and the resulting wine quality at the University of California, Davis’s Robert Mondavi Institute. She also worked at Avignonesi (Montepulciano, Italy) and Paumanok Vineyards (New York, USA).

Paige graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science “Magna Cum Laude” in Geology and Geophysics, where she used organic geochemistry to reconstruct paleoclimates. In 2021, she received the Wine & Spirits Education Trust Level 3 Award in Wines. Her Master’s studies in Viticulture and Enology at L’Institut Agro Montpellier and Geisenheim University were supported by the German-American Fulbright Commission, the Women of the Vine and Spirits Foundation, and the James Beard Foundation (which published a blog post on her work). Her current PhD research is funded by the Chaire « Alexis Millardet » at the Fondation Bordeaux Université.