From Chrislyn A. Particka, Project Manager, Northern Grapes Project:
First Results from Northern Grapes Project Detailed at Viticulture 2013 Conference in New York
The Second Annual Northern Grapes Symposium featured first-year results from viticulture, enology, and economics/marketing studies that are part of the USDA-funded Northern Grapes Project, which began in October 2011. Approximately 120 people attended three sessions of the Symposium, held on February 6, 2013 in Rochester, NY, in conjunction with the Viticulture 2013 Conference.
View PowerPoint slides from the presentations.
The Northern Grapes Project is a multi-institutional Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative, with a multidisciplinary team from 12 universities in collaboration with winery and grape grower associations in ND, SD, MN, NE, IA, WI, IL, NY, VT, CT, and MA. It focuses on production, processing, and marketing of new cold-climate wine grape cultivars that have spawned new wineries and vineyards in the upper Midwest and Northeast. http://northerngrapesproject.org.
The project also sponsors webinars, generally on the second Tuesday of each month. More webinar info.