Wine-Grower-News #308 7-12-15

Midwest Grape & Industry Institute: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine

Information in this issue includes:

USDA Announces Risk Management Education Program Grants Impressive: Missouri Vine/Wine Economic Impact Study Winery Waste Water Study - Michigan Results from the Wisconsin State Fair Wine Competition 2015 Vermont Vineyard Feasibility Study – An Eye Opener 2014 Economic Impact of the Craft Beer Industry in Iowa 7-21, Sparkling Wine Workshop Series – UW-Madison VESTA Fall Wine Production Internship VIN 257 7-29, Vineyard Walk – West Madison Ag Research Station at Verona, WI Growers Association’s 2016 Annual Conference EPA Soliciting Comments on Monarch Butterfly & Herbicides 7th Annual International Cold Climate Wine Competition Videos of Interest Show n Tell Marketing Tidbits Neeto Keeno Notable Quotables Articles of Interest Calendar of Events

USDA Announces Risk Management Education Program Grants

Details: http://www.rma.usda.gov/news/2015/07/cooperativeagreements.pdf 1 Impressive: Missouri Vine/Wine Economic Impact Study

A just completed economic impact study was commissioned by the and Grape Board and conducted by Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP based on data collected from 2013. This is the same company who was commissioned to do the 2012 Iowa grape and wine industry economic impact study.

The 2012 Iowa economic impact study showed a $420 million total economic impact from 99 wineries and $15 million in retail wine sales. This calculates out to a $28 economic impact from each $1 in retail wine sales or an average of $4.24 million impact per winery.

The 2013 Missouri economic impact study showed a $1.76 billion total economic impact from 128 wineries and $52 million in retail wine sales. This calculates out to a $34 economic impact from each $1 in retail wine sales or an average of $13.75 million per winery.

The modern day Missouri Grape and Wine Industry gained its momentum approximately 30 years prior to Iowa starting to gain momentum around the year 2000. Even though Missouri (population 6.1 million) has twice as many people as Iowa (population 3.1 million), it still stands as a good example of where the Iowa industry could move to in the future.

You can view the entire 2013 Missouri Economic Impact Report here: http://missouriwine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2015-Missouri-Wine-Economic-Impact-Report.pdf

You can find the Missouri Wine infographic shown above here: http://files.ctctcdn.com/d835f869001/501603f1-f89f-42a8-b3dd-db7a62d18765.pdf

Winery Waste Water Study - Michigan

The Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council and industry members met with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) staff in June to discuss ongoing efforts around winery wastewater in Michigan. Lakeshore Environmental recently published a two-year study on winery waste water in Michigan.

Five Michigan winery participants were chosen to participate in this study. Wineries A, B, C, D, and E were chosen based on various factors. Ultimately, three different treatment systems were examined throughout this study. Wineries A, B, and E operated subsurface passive aeration systems; Winery C operated an existing dry well treatment system; Winery D utilized surface land application for wastewater treatment.

2 Findings from this study indicated that surface land application and subsurface passive aeration were effective long term treatment options for Michigan wineries. The dry well system was found to be a short term solution only; evidence of clay and sludge development and general infiltration concerns arose in systems older than approximately 2 years (seasons) in use. Aeration in one or more of the settling tanks, where utilized, was highly effective as a pretreatment option, prior to discharge to the onsite system.

The full Michigan Winery Wastewater report can be found here: http://www.lakeshoreenvironmental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Final-Report-Winery-Study-791N4300099-FINAL.pdf

Results from the Wisconsin State Fair Commercial and Amateur Wine Competition can be found here

http://wistatefair.com/competitions/judging-results/

2015 Vermont Vineyard Feasibility Study – An Eye Opener

Mark Cannella, Farm Business Management Specialist for the University of Vermont just completed a 2015 Vermont Vineyard Feasibility Study that will shock many small vineyard operators and others thinking of establishing a commercial vineyard. It definitely exposes the business feasibility of larger vineyards and/or combining a vineyard with a winery operation. The 21 year cash flow model was used on vineyards sizes of 5, 15 and 20 acres. Even though it was developed to match aspects of cold climate viticulture, winemaking and markets that are unique to Vermont. It does expose some hard trend lines that can be used here in the Midwest.

Some of the assumptions used in this feasibility study that would differ from what we commonly see here in the Midwest would include

Assumptions Vermont Midwest______

Vines/acre 812 544 to 726 Value / Ton $2,000 $1,000 to $1,600 Mature Yield / ac. 4 – 4.5 tons $3 – 4 tons (weather problems!) 18’ spaced Tile Drainage $3,000/ac. Very, very, very, very seldom. Land Value/ac. $3,250 to $6,000 Probably 20 to 35% higher.

The following quote from this study pretty well sums it up!

“A conundrum faces growers scaling-up from what may start as a hobby (perhaps less than 2 acres) to a transition size of 3-8 acres that is intended to perform as a commercial business. Growing grapes at this scale can be cost-prohibitive and logistically challenging due to the associated labor challenges, problems with sizing machinery, and

3 efficiency problems. Many small vineyard and winery operators will openly declare that their profits are most readily earned in the winery and not in the vineyard.”

Mark plans to develop some fact sheets and simple calculators later this year that can be used by those considering getting into growing wine grapes.

The 22 page 2015 Vermont Vineyard Feasibility Study can be found here: http://blog.uvm.edu/farmvia/files/2013/03/FBRR014-2015-VineyardFeasibilityStudy.pdf

$100+ Million

The 2014 Economic Impact of the Craft Beer Industry in Iowa by: Iowa Wine & Beer Development Board http://www.traveliowa.com/UserDocs/2014_Iowa_Craft_Beer_Economic_Impact_Report.pdf

88 Pages of Great U.S. & Iowa Facts, Figures & History

7-21, Sparkling Wine Workshop Series – UW-Madison

What: Three session live or webinar workshop series covering the traditional method of sparkling wine production.

When: Tues. 7-21-15, Overview of Traditional Method Sparkling Wine Production, Base Wine Preparation, and Style Options for Cold Climate January 2016, Base Wine Blending and Bottle Fermentation May 2016, Disgorging, Dosage and Final packaging

Where: Pyle Center, UW-Madison, 107 Langdon St. Madison, WI.

Cost (6-21): $50 in person attendance at The Pyle Center, $40 for either the live webcast or archived recording (plus processing fees)

Speakers: Michael Jones, Fermentation Specialist, Scott Laboratories Mark Wenzel, Winemaker-Proprietor, Illinois Sparkling Company (via video conference) Larry Mawby, Winemaker-Proprietor, L. Mawby Winery (via video conference)

Course Registration for Workshop #1 deadline is July 16, 2015

Details here: http://foodsci.wisc.edu/extension/sparkling_wine_workshops/

Contact: Nick Smith, Enology Outreach Specialist University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] or ph: 608-890.3397

4 Maréchal Foch (French pronunciation: [mɑreʃɑl fɔʃ], is an inter-specific hybrid French red wine grape variety. It was named after the French marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), who played an important role in the negotiation of the armistice terms during the closing of the First World War. It was developed in Alsace, France, by grape hybridizer Eugene Kuhlmann. --- WikipediA

VESTA Fall Wine Production Internship VIN 257

Sign up deadline: 7/27/15, which is earlier than the regular fall classes.

Instructor: Dennis Emslie Drummond

This course (internship) is designed to provide a student who has completed major course sequences with an intense level of practical and realistic winery operation experiences, sufficient to equip him/her with sufficient skills and work experience for an entry-level position in the wine industry. Students involved in this program will participate in a full time Crush Season internship at a supporting winery, and are expected to use the time and opportunities to further their understanding of the wine making process and common winery operations.

All other VESTA Fall Class Registration Deadline is 8-14-15

Details: http://www.vesta-usa.org

Save the Date

Iowa Wine Growers Association’s 2016 Annual Conference

Feb. 28-29, Prairie Meadows Hotel –Racetrack & Casino , Altoona, IA. Details later here: http://iowawinegrowers.org/

7-29, Vineyard Walk – West Madison Ag Research Station at Verona, WI

When: 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 29th

Where: West Madison Agricultural Research Station 8502 Mineral Point Road, Verona, WI No Pre-registration necessary

Sponsored by: UW Extension

Details: http://news.cals.wisc.edu/2015/07/08/uw-madison-agricultural-research-station-field-days-for-2015-season/ 5 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting public comment on potential actions or a combination of actions that would be the most effective in reducing the impacts of herbicides on the monarch butterfly. The deadline for comments is July 24, 2015.

Learn more on the EPA website (may be slow to load).

The action is to gather comments on an earlier report called Risk Management Approach to Identifying Options for Protecting the Monarch Butterfly. A copy of the report is available at www.regulations.gov under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP- 2015-0389.

International Cold Climate Wine Competition

Registration is now open for the 7th annual International Cold Climate Wine Competition, which will be held on August 18, 2015, on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. There are 38 official cold climate grape varieties eligible for this competition which are considered to be hardy without winter protection in USDA Zone 4 and are known to survive temperatures of -20°F or lower. All commercial wineries are invited to enter made up of a minimum of 75% cold-hardy varieties.

The ICCWC's expert judges come from a wide variety of backgrounds in the wine industry and have experience and training in evaluating cold-climate wines. Judges participate in a blind tasting of the wines and award gold, silver and bronze medals, and best of show awards to the top red, white, and specialty wines and, for the first time in 2015, best of show rosé wine. The annual "Governor's Cup" is awarded to the favorite of the internationally recognized wine experts on the judging panel. Medal and award winners will be posted online within two days of the competition and many medal winners will have a chance to be featured during the 2016 Cold Climate Conference in February.

Online registration is open now. Reduced rate registration ends July 10, 2015. Final deadline for registration is August 7, 2015. Wines must be received by 4:30pm on August 12, 2015 to qualify. Registration & full details can be found here: http://www.mngrapes.org/?page=ICCWC

The ICCWC is a partnership between the Minnesota Grape Growers Association and the University of Minnesota.

Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute Updates: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/content/institute-updates

6 Videos of Interest

1. Bud to Taste Bud, 1 hr 9 min. video on Idaho’s new vine/wine industry. $9.99 to $13.99. 2.55 min. Trailer – FREE: http://idahowinedocumentary.com/

2. New South Dakota Wine coming soon -Old Folsom Vineyard rolling out new wine, 7-7-15 KOTA TV News, 57 sec: http://www.kotatv.com/news/south-dakota-news/new-south-dakota-wine-coming-soon/34033404

3. Wine Diamonds: On the Road at Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery, 5-31-15, 4:38 min.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1tdNjEzvrs

Show n Tell

(Left) New logo of the relatively new wine trail in northwest Iowa. http://www.northwestprairiewinetrail.com/

(Above) Downy Mildew on leaves of St. Pepin, 7-6-15 mlw

7 ALBINO CANADA THISLE (CT)! I don' think so. Occasionally you will see the tips of CT turn white. The CT in my neighbor's field are turning white. This is from a bacterial disease (Pseudomonas syringae) that can weaken the plant and increase its mortality. Mowing during wet periods spreads the bacteria that infects the plants

Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) is one of the worst weeds ever! Like an iceberg, what you see above ground represents only 10% of the entire plant with its roots spreading underground. Each stem can produce up to 1,000 seeds. Without special attention, it can take over everything. Native to southeast Europe, North Africa and Asia, some reports indicate that Canada thistle was first transported in the horse hay used by the forces of British General John Burgoyne during the revolutionary war. General Burgoyne surrendered to American forces after the battle of Saratoga in New York on 10-17-1777. USDA reports it everywhere on the mainland except for OK, TX, LA, MS, GA, SC and FL.

Spot applications of glyphosate is probably the best way to control it in a vineyard. Tillage just tends to cut up the roots that sprout into many more CT plants. Continued close mowing will eventually keep infestations low, but it never seems to completely remove it from an area.

Some good news! The entire above ground portion of the plant is edible if you can get by the spines. The roots, though edible are reported to create flatulence! Maybe we can make wine out of it??? 

Geosmin is an organic compound that gives that distinct aroma when soil is freshly tilled. In chemical terms, it is a bicyclic alcohol with formula C12H22O, a derivative of decalin. Its name is derived from the Greek γεω- "earth" and ὀσμή "smell". It is produced by the gram-positive bacteria Streptomyces, a genus of Actinobacteria in the order Actinomycetales, and released when these microorganisms die.

Marketing Tidbits

1. One thing I notice when visiting wineries in the Willamette Valley in Oregon during the last week of June was the propensity of many of the wineries to display the soils of their vineyard on the tasting room counter. These soil displays were used to instill a sense of special terroir for their wines. Maybe this is something we should do more of here in the Midwest? Example: “This soil blew over from Kansas & Nebraska and we fixed it up to grow some great , , LaCrescent and Edelweiss grapes.” mlw

(Right) Soil display at Domaine Serene Winery – Dayton, OR. 8 Neeto Keeno

1. VinVillage Radio: http://vinvillageradio.com/

2. Tow and Blow Portable Wind Machines: http://www.towandblowusa.com/

Notable Quotables

“I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes.”

--- Mike Ditka

“So I got into growing grapes, not realizing that there was a heck of a lot more to it than meets the eye”

--- Pat Paulsen

Typicity — a tasting term that describes how well a wine expresses the characteristics inherent to the variety of grape.

Articles of Interest

1. MN: Star Tribune Names Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery "Best Minnesota Winery" of 2015, 7-1-15 http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=153951

2. CA: Sonoma County winemakers find uses for pomace, 7-2-15 The Press Democrat: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/lifestyle/4009143-181/turning-wine-waste-into-gold?page=0

3. IA: Water Quality” officially added to title of Department’s Division of Soil Conservation 7-2-15 IDALS: http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/press/2015press/press07022015.asp

4. Sustainable Agriculture Research Falling Further Behind, 7-2-15 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/sare-funding-trends/

5. NE: Wine, beer connoisseurs head to Pawnee City, 7-4-15 Omaha.com:

6. MO: New Study Reveals Missouri Wine Industry Has Grown Significantly in the Last Decade, 7-5-15 KOAM 7

7. Bunch of Grapes Sells for Record $8,200,That’s $315 Per Grape, 7-9-15 FWx: http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/food/bunch-grapes-sells-record-8200-s-315-grape?xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_fw

9 Calendar of Events

2015 Practical Farmers of Iowa schedule of field days: http://practicalfarmers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-Field-Day-Guide_final_smaller1.pdf

7-21, Sparkling Wine Workshop Series – Pyle Center, UW-Madison, 107 Langdon St. Madison, WI. Details here: http://foodsci.wisc.edu/extension/sparkling_wine_workshops/

7-(23-25), 40th ASEV-Eastern Section Annual Meeting, Clarion Hotel - Dunkirk, NY: Details: http://www.asev-es.org/

7-(26-29), ISHS International Workshop on Vineyard Mechanization and Grape and Wine Quality - Fredonia, NY: http://www.ishs.org/symposium/428

7-29, 26th Southwest Michigan State University Viticulture Day – Benton, Harbor, MI: Details: http://agbioresearch.msu.edu/events/26th_annual_msu_viticulture_field_day

7-29, Summer Vineyard Walk West Madison Research Station. By: UW Extension. Details: http://news.cals.wisc.edu/2015/07/08/uw-madison-agricultural-research-station-field-days-for-2015-season/

8-10, ISU Extension Fruit & Vegetable Field Day, Horticulture Research Station – Ames FREE. Register here: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/vegetablelab/fieldday

8-(12-14), Society of Wine Educators 39th Annual Conference – New Orleans, IA: http://societyofwineeducators.org/conference

8-22, ISU Aronia Berry Field Day, Winding Creek Gardens – Belmond, IA. Details later. Contact: Joe Hannan: [email protected]

8-29, “WHAT” Berry Farm Aronia Berry Field Day – Fairbank, IA: Details: http://midwestaronia.org/event/berry-farm-field-day/?instance_id=78

10-17, Fall University of Nebraska Viticulture Program Workshop, Lincoln, NE Details later here: http://viticulture.unl.edu/

11-(11-14), 2015 VitiNord International Conference will be held at the Lied Lodge & Conference Center in historic Nebraska City, NE: http://www.vitinord2015.org/

2016______

1-(26-28), Unified Wine & Grape Symposium – Sacramento Convention Center, CA http://www.unifiedsymposium.org/

2-(4-5), Midwest Grape & Wine & Craft Brew Conference – St. Charles, MO Convention Center. Details: http://midwestgrape.com/

2-(11-13), Grape Growers Conference – San Marco, TX. Details: http://www.txwines.org/ 10

2-(11-13), Cold Climate Conference - Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN http://www.mngrapes.org/

2-(22-23), Northern Grapes Project Symposium & Advisory Committee meeting – Kalamazoo, MI, Details later: : http://northerngrapesproject.org/

2-(24-26), 2016 Michigan Grape & Wine Conference, Radisson Plaza Hotel – Kalamazoo, MI. Details later: http://www.michiganwines.com/conference

2-(28-29), Iowa Wine Growers Association Annual Conference – Prairie Meadows Hotel – Racetrack & Casino , Altoona, IA. Details later here: http://iowawinegrowers.org/

3-(3-5), Nebraska Winery & Grape Growers Forum & Trade Show – Omaha Marriott http://agronomy.unl.edu/viticulture/

3-(9-11), Eastern Winery Exposition – Lancaster County Convention Center – Lancaster, PA: http://easternwineryexposition.com/

e-Viticulture: http://eviticulture.org/

Iowa Wine Growers Association: http://iowawinegrowers.org/

Iowa Wine Explorers Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IAWineExplorers?ref=hl

Iowa Wine & Beer Promotion Board: http://www.traveliowa.com/GetInspired/WineAndBeer

ISU Viticulture Extension: http://viticulture.hort.iastate.edu/

ISU Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/

Northern Grapes Project: http://northerngrapesproject.org/

Missouri Grape & Wine Institute Weekly Vineyard IPM Reports can be found here: http://gwi.missouri.edu/

VESTA (Viticulture Enology & Science Technology Alliance): http://www.vesta-usa.org/

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