News from Cornell's Viticulture and Enology Program, March 2018
RESEARCH FOCUS
The Wild, Wild Yeast: An Ecological Survey of Yeast Species and Strains in Finger Lakes Riesling
Masters student Marie Guido-Miner and associate professor of enology Anna Katherine Mansfield investigated the sources of microbes present in uninoculated Riesling fermentations.
FACULTY FOCUS
Five Questions for Jackie Dresser
Jackie Dresser joined the Lake Erie Regional Extension Program in January as Extension Support Specialist. With a background in surveying and geographical information systems, Dresser will serve as viticulture specialist with the 3-person Lake Erie team.
STUDENT FOCUS
Snowbird Students: Winter Internships at Bin to Bottle
V&E majors Simmone Landau ’19 and Madison Marshall ’18 spent three weeks in Napa, California interning at Bin to Bottle custom crush facility. They got their hands dirty in the cellar, ran analyses in the lab, and networked with some of Napa's best winemakers.
GRAPES 101
Phomopsis - Disease Biology and Management
Phomopsis is the earliest disease-causing fungal pathogen to release its infective spores in the spring. The fungus can cause up to 30% yield losses, and the window of opportunity for preventing losses starts at 1-3 inch shoot growth.
Extension Focus
Cornell Enology Extension Program Announces 2018 ENOCERT Courses
EnoCert is intended for current winery employees who would like to expand their practical knowledge of winery operations, or for motivated amateurs. Four one to two-day courses in Basic Viticulture & Enology, Wine Sensory Analysis and Description, Tasting Room Sales Strategies, and Winery Sanitation & Safety will be offered in August, 2018.
Awards
Terry Acree receives the 2018 ASEV Merit Award
Food Science Professor Terry Acree was acknowledged by the American Society of Enology and Viticulture for his significant contributions to the progress and advancement of enology.
RESEARCH IN PLAIN ENGLISH
- Mitigating the Economic Impact of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus
- Impact of Fruit-Zone Leaf Removal on Rotundone Concentration in Noiret
UPCOMING EVENTS
- March 28th, NEWA (Network for Environment and Weather Applications) "Hands On" Workshop in Albany, sponsored by the Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Extension Program. NEWA provides weather-driven disease and insect forecasting models, as well as detailed weather data from on-farm weather stations throughout the Midwest and Northeast.
- April 10, Northern Grapes Project Webinar: “Implementing NEWA Weather and Pest Model Information into a Vineyard IPM Strategy”
- April 19th, VitisGen2 Webinar: "Automated Evaluation of Grape Breeding Progeny to Reduce the Phenotyping Bottleneck"
- May 8th, Northern Grapes Project Webinar: “SO2 and You: Understanding the ‘When’, ‘Why’, and ‘How’ of SO2 Management in Your Winery”
NEWS BRIEFS
- "Starting a Winery in Northern New York: Considerations and Costs"
Are you interested in starting a winery in Northern New York? CCE Harvest New York has put together a report and interactive Excel spreadsheets on Starting a Winery in Northern New York: Winery Establishment Considerations and Costs. - The State of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes
WXXI Radio's Evan Dawson interviewed Anna Katherine Mansfield, Hans Walter-Peterson, Dave Wiemann, and Kelby Russell about the future of winemaking in the Finger Lakes. - Yeast Research Aims to Reduce Stress for New York Wineries
E&J Gallo Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, Patrick Gibney, outlines his research goals to tackle microbiological fermentation problems. - Vintners Gather for the 5th Annual B.E.V. NY Conference and Symposium
The conference on wine business, enology, and viticulture was hosted from Feb 28th - March 2nd
FEATURED VIDEO
It's All About the Genes: Wine Color
Anna Katherine Mansfield, Associate Professor of Enology at Cornell and collaborator on the VitisGen project, discusses the chemistry behind color in wine and how this relates to the goals and objectives of VitisGen.