2015 Newsletters

​Veraison Veraison to Harvest is a weekly electronic newsletter put out by viticulture and enology extension personnel from Lake Erie, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the Finger Lakes. Each issue provides accurate and up-to-date regional data while giving a statewide perspective as well. V to H begins in early September and concludes in late October.

2015 Issues:

2015 Veraison to Harvest #8 (pdf)

  • The 2015 Grape & Wine Season: Redefining Normal (Chris Gerling)
  • Concord Crop Average Despite Winter Injury; Niagara Crop Reduced (Luke Haggerty and Kevin Martin)
  • Fruit Chemistry Trends 2011-2015 (Tim Martinson)
  • Fruit Composition Report 10/23/2015 (Team)
  • Vanden Heuvel Research Program Works with Cooperating Vineyards (Tim Martinson and Justine Vanden Heuvel)
  • Thanks to our funders
  • The Crew

2015 Veraison to Harvest #7 (pdf)

  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • Green Wineries for Red and White Wine (Gerling)
  • Research Plots Harvested Across New York (Martinson, Haggerty)
  • Fruit Composition Report 10/16/2015  (Team)
  • Photo: Sign of the Season (Martinson)

2015 Veraison to Harvest #6 (pdf)

  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • Making the Most Out of the Harvest in the Hudson Valley (O'Connell)
  • Cornell Viticulture and Enology Students Visit Long Island (Vanden Heuvel and Wise)
  • Fruit Composition Report 10/09/2015  (Team)
  • Sixteen Clusters on One Shoot (Martinson)

2015 Veraison to Harvest #5 (pdf)

  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • CLEREL Lake Erie Concord Report (Bates)
  • Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Weigle)
  • Fruit from Teaching Vineyard First to be Processed at FLCC Viticulture & Wine Center (Walter-Peterson)
  • Fruit Composition Report 10/02/2015  (Team)
  • Before and After the Rain: Fruit Rots on Riesling (Martinson)

2015 Veraison to Harvest #4 (pdf)

  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • CLEREL Lake Erie Concord Report (Bates)
  • Acid Reduction Trials in Cold Hardy Grapes - Part 2: Microbial Outsourcing ( Gerling)
  • Harvest at Willsboro Research Farm (Wallis)
  • Fruit Composition Report 9/25/2015  (Team)
  • Loose Clustered Vignoles Clones (Martinson and Zhong)

2015 Veraison to Harvest #3 (pdf)

  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • CLEREL Lake Erie Concord Report (Bates)
  • Acid Reduction Trials in Cold Hardy Grapes - Part 1: Better Acid Through Chemistry ( Gerling)
  • Fruit Composition Report 9/18/2015  (Team)
  • This is What Anthracnose Can Do (Martinson)

2015 Veraison to Harvest #2 (pdf)

  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • CLEREL Lake Erie Concord Report (Bates)
  • Fruit Composition Report 9/11/2015 
  • Project update:  Changing Air and Spray Volume in Real-Time: Estimating Density in Vine Canopies (Landers & Palleja
  • News from the Wine Analytical Laboratory (Gerling)
  • Table Grapes (Walter-Peterson)

2015 Veraison to Harvest #1 (pdf)

  • Welcome to Veraison to Harvest (Martinson, Gerling)
  • Around New York  (Martinson, Wise, O'Connell & Wallis, Haggerty, Walter-Peterson)
  • Fruit Composition Report 9/04/2015 
  • Sample Size