March Northern Grapes Project News You Can Use – 2016 Northern Grapes Symposium

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News You Can Use

2016 Northern Grapes Symposium

March 2016

Erin Norton of Iowa State University pours La Crescent during

the cold hardy white wines tasting session.

Photo: Lani McKinney

The 2016 Northern Grapes Symposium was hosted by the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Conference on February 24th in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Nine Northern Grapes Project team members lead six sessions, encompassing all four of the projects’ objectives. Some of the talks focused on results of specific research projects, such as training systems studies, deacidification strategies for cold hardy wines, and marketing, branding, and tasting room studies. Others, however, were more general in nature, and covered topics such as the past 15 years of viticulture in Iowa and the viticultural and enological characteristics of Marquette, Frontenac, Brianna, and La Crescent, including tasting two examples of each wine.

Below are links to all of the presentations given at the 2016 Northern Grapes Symposium:

Fifteen years of trials, tribulations, and successes in Iowa viticulture.

Mike White, Iowa State University.

Making quality wines from high acid grapes: Yeast selection and deacidification.

Anna Katharine Mansfield and Claire Burtch, Cornell University

Brianna and La Crescent: Viticulture, enology, and tasting.

Jim Luby, University of Minnesota and Murli Dharmadhikari, Iowa State University

Marquette and Frontenac: Viticulture, fruit ripening, enology, and tasting.

Jim Luby, University of Minnesota; Murli Dharmadhikari, Iowa State University; and Anne Fennell, South Dakota State University

Managing Frontenac and Marquette for profitability and quality: Training systems, recovering from winter and spring frost injury.

Tim Martinson, Cornell University and Paolo Sabbatini, Michigan State University

Marketing, branding, tasting room studies with cold hardy wines.

Bill Gartner, University of Minnesota and Dan McCole, Michigan State University

We would like to thank the following wineries for donating or providing wines at a reduced cost for our symposium: Coyote Moon Vineyards, Clayton, New York; Fireside Winery, Marengo, Iowa; Flying Otter Vineyard and Winery, Adrian, Michigan; Northern Sun Winery, Bark River, Michigan; Parley Lake Winery, Waconia, Minnesota; Shelburne Vineyard, Shelburne, Vermont; Staller Estate Winery, Delavan, Wisconsin; Tucker’s Walk Vineyard, Garretson, South Dakota.

The Northern Grapes Project is funded by the USDA’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative Program of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Project #2011-51181-30850

Chrislyn A. Particka, PhD

Extension Support Specialist

Cornell University

School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section

630 W. North Street

Geneva, NY 14456

cap297

www.northerngrapesproject.org

2016 Initial Pesticide Applicator’s Certification Training

2016 Initial Vermont Pesticide Applicator’s Certification Meeting

This opportunity is open to new pesticide applicators who wish to review training materials and take the core exam in one sitting.

Two site options are available. YOU ONLY NEED TO ATTEND ONE SITE.

Burlington, VT
April 11, 2016
Robert Miller Community Center, 130 Gosse Court
~ or ~
White River Junction, VT
April 14, 2016
VFW Post 2571, 97 South Main Street

Meeting will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at each location

Sponsored by UVM Extension and Vermont Agency of Agriculture with financial support from the USDA Risk Management Agency

New for 2016
*Two site options are now available. YOU ONLY NEED TO ATTEND ONE SITE. Please choose site during registration.
*Registration is ONLINE ONLY. Please see links for each site below.
*Lunch will NOT be provided. You may bring your own or leave during the break to seek other options. Kitchen facilities are not available.

Program Overview
*This program will provide training and review of Vermont Pesticide regulations and the information covered in the Pesticide Applicator Training Manual that is necessary to understand and to pass the VT pesticide certification license exam.
*The Core exam will be given after this training in the afternoon from 2-4pm. (No category exams will be given but can be scheduled with VAA for a later date.) *Coffee and pastries provided. Lunch on your own (see ‘New for 2016’).

Audience
This meeting is for anyone wishing a Vermont Pesticide Applicator license:
Nursery employees, landscapers, school custodial staff, farmers, garden center employees, pest control operators, government or municipal employees, university employees, etc.

Pesticide Applicators
This program will provide two Vermont recertification credits.

Speakers
Topics will be presented by members of UVM Extension and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.

Study Materials
It is necessary to study the Core manual BEFORE the review to have all the knowledge necessary to pass the exam. Core manuals ($41) and required inserts must be obtained in advance from http://agriculture.vermont.gov/pesticide_regulation/applicator_dealer_resources.

REGISTRAION

Registration fee is $30.
After April 1st, Late Registration is $40.
Space is limited so register early!

Register ONLINE for BURLINGTON at:
https://www.regonline.com/2016initialcertburlington
~ or ~
Register ONLINE for WHITE RIVER JCT at:
https://www.regonline.com/2016initialcertwhiteriverjct

To request a disability-related accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Sarah Kingsley-Richards at (802) 656-0475 by April 1, 2014 so we may assist you.

Questions?
Please contact Sarah Kingsley-Richards at (802) 656-0475 or sarah.kingsley@uvm.edu with questions or visit http://pss.uvm.edu/pesp/ for more information.

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider” Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.

Reminder: Northeastern NY and VT Grape School, March 17 in Lake George, NY

2016 Northeastern New York and Vermont Winter Grape School
Details and registration information: http://enych.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=486

The ENYCHP and the UVM Grape Program is offering a one day educational program on Cold Climate Grapes for current or prospective growers in Northeastern NY and VT.

Program:
The program will offer 2 concurrent tracks.
We hope each operation will be able to send 2 people – one for each track!

Full agenda is available in pdf format.

Viticulture Track:
Anna Wallis & Terence Bradshaw
Vineyard Practices, Marketing, &
Business Management

Enology Track:
Anna Katharine Mansfield & Chris Gerling
Winemaking Techniques: Managing Acids and Polyphenolics

March 17, 2016
8:00am-4:00pm
Holiday Inn Lake George
2223 Canada St (US Route 9)
Lake George, NY 12845

$30.00 Registration

March 8th Northern Grapes Project Webinar Announcement and Registration

The Northern Grapes Project Webinar Series

“Developing Cold-Hardy Grapes: The Trials and Tribulations of Breeding Grapes for the Northern Continental U.S.”

Harlene Hatterman-Valenti Matthew Clark

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

12:00 Noon Eastern (11:00 am Central)

7:00 pm Eastern (6:00 pm Central)

Join Harlene Hatterman-Valenti of North Dakota State University and Matthew Clark of the University of Minnesota as they talk about their respective grape breeding programs. During this webinar, they will give a brief history of their grape breeding both programs, and will discuss how crossing and selection decisions are made, including using molecular tools for cultivar development.

If you have received this email from someone other than Chrislyn Particka, you need to register via the link below:

 

Registering for one Northern Grapes Webinar will place you on the mailing list, and you will receive announcements and connection instruction for all further Northern Grapes Webinars.

Registration will close at 8 am (Eastern) on Friday, March 4th.

Registration is NOT required if you received this email directly from Chrislyn Particka, as it means that you are a member of the Northern Grapes Webinar mailing list.

All members of the Northern Grapes Webinar mailing list will receive an email the Friday before the webinar containing the web address (URL) for both webinar sessions as well as connection instructions.

There is no charge for this webinar. If you cannot attend one of the live sessions, recordings of all webinars are posted on our website (http://northerngrapesproject.org/?page_id=257) within one week of the webinar date.

Feel free to email Chrislyn Particka (cap297) with any questions, if you want to check your registration status, or if you’d like to be removed from the Northern Grapes Webinar mailing list.

Please note: WebEx will no longer be supporting the following operating systems:
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP
• Mac OS X 10.6
This means that WebEx users will be unable to join or start WebEx meetings, or use any other WebEx application from computers that use these operating systems. Please upgrade computers to a supported operating system so you can continue to use WebEx without interruption.

Further Northern Grapes Project information is available on-line at

 

The Northern Grapes Project is funded by the USDA’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative Program of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Project #2011-51181-30850.

Second call: 2015-2016 Cider Apple Production Survey

We are collecting acreage and production information on apple cultivars grown specifically for hard cider production in Vermont and surrounding areas in order to best assess capacity for meeting cidery needs and to guide further research. All information is anonymous when entered through the web template at:

http://go.uvm.edu/cidersurvey

Your participation will greatly assist in our research efforts, and should only take a few minutes. Information collected includes cultivars, acreage, planting system, management, crop yield, and price received.

We are interested in both large and small plantings.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Terry

Year 4 Northern Grapes Project Progress Report

The Year 4 Northern Grapes Project Progress Report has been published. This report outlines our research from September 2014 – September 2015 and includes links to more detailed “research reports,” which cover the individual research projects that are being conducted as part of the Northern Grapes Project. Check it out to find out what we accomplished in the fourth year of the project!

It’s posted at:

http://northerngrapesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Year-4-Northern-Grapes-Project-Progress-Report.pdf