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Wine-Grower-News #202 June 1, 2012 Wine-Grower-News #202 June 1, 2012 Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine Information in this issue includes: Pressure Control Valves Highly Recommended for Backpack Sprayers Winery Sanitation Basics - The Northern Grapes Project Webinar Series 6-(2-9) Des Moines Wine Festival 6-9, Northwest Iowa Grape Growers Association Workshop – Farnhamville, IA 6-(7 & 8), Comprehensive Elderberry Workshop & Farm Tour – Hartsburg, MO IL State Fair Amateur Wine Competition Open to Out-of-State Winemakers 6-22, NDGGA Wine & Warbirds Tour Mid-American Wine Competition 2012 7-19, ASEV-ES International Symposium on Sparkling Wine Production Iowa State Fair Commercial and Amateur Wine Competitions 7-(6 & 7) Oak Barrel and Wine Workshops Call for Entries - 4th Annual International Cold Climate Wine Competition Notable Quotables Marketing Tidbits Neeto-Keeno WWW Stuff Articles of Interest Show n Tell Videos of Interest Calendar of Events Choose Iowa Quality Wines Pressure Control Valves Highly Recommended for Backpack Sprayers Most, if not all commercial vineyard owners have a backpack sprayer they use for small spray jobs. Some use backpack sprayers for all of their herbicide applications. Often the most common use is to spray glyphsate (ie…Roundup) around the base of the vines. High pressure applications can result in smaller droplets that tend to drift more. The key to an effective glyphosate application is to spray the weeds and not the vine. This is much easier done when the backpack sprayer is set at a low application pressure. I find that a pressure of around 15 psi works best for me to control the application and reduce unwanted drift. Pressures above 20 psi can start to create fine particles that tend to drift more. 1 Using a pressure control valve or pressure regulator gauge placed between the pressurized tank and spray nozzle will allow the spray pressure to remain constant at a pre-set level despite the changing pressure in the tank. The pressure control valve also allows you to maintain a constant application rate. You will also find yourself not pumping up the pressure as often when you have a pressure control valve or gauge. (Above) Pressure Control Valve examples. The constant flow valves in the top half of this picture can be purchased from TeeJet. Some backpack sprayers like this Solo made unit above can be purchased with an adjustable pressure control gauge. Pressure Control Valves help to reduce spray drift and control the application rate. Winery Sanitation Basics - The Northern Grapes Project Webinar Series What: Winery Sanitation Basics “FREE” webinar When: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:00 Noon Eastern (11:00 AM Central) 7:00 PM Eastern (6:00 PM Central) Who: Randy Worobo, an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University, is a well-known food safety expert. He has presented many winery sanitation 2 workshops for the wine industry in California, and will cover the basics of winery sanitation in this webinar. To Register: Registration is free, but required. To register, fill out the online form posted at: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bDhUgisTebHHmQc Registration will be open from today (Friday, May 25th) through Friday, June 8th. The Friday prior to the webinar, those who have registered will be sent the web address (URL) for the Adobe Connect session. PLEASE NOTE: Only those who complete this online registration form will receive connection details to participate in the webinar. Even if you have registered for past webinars, you still must register for this webinar in order to receive the email. Further Northern Grapes Project information is available on-line at http://northerngrapesproject.org/ 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 Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/NorthernGrapesProject Further info: Chrislyn A. Particka, PhD, Extension Support Specialist Cornell University Department of Horticultural Sciences [email protected] or 315-787-2449 (desk) , http://www.northerngrapesproject.org 6-(2-9) Des Moines Wine Festival This year the festival involves special wine & food tasting activities from Saturday, June 2nd through Friday, June 8th throughout the Des Moines area. From 2-6 p.m. on Sunday, June 3rd there will be a Iowa Lawn Party held at Jasper Winery. It ends with a Grand Wine Tasting held from 6 – 9 p.m. Saturday, June 9th at Capital Square in downtown Des Moines. Full details here: http://www.winefestdesmoines.com/ The Des Moines Wine Festival Foundation was formed as a publicly-supported 501 (c)(3) non profit corporation in 2003. Its signature event, Winefest, has grown into one of Des Moines' most anticipated events of the year. Besides supporting the wine and culinary industry, Winefest has raised approximately $350,000 for local charities and cultural organizations. 6-9, Northwest Iowa Grape Growers Association Workshop – Farnhamville, IA When: 9 a.m. (8:30 a.m. registration) until around noon, Saturday, June 9, 2012 Where: Richard Black’s Black Roetta Studio & Vineyard, 3228 Xenia Ave. Farnhamville, IA ( 2 mi. west and 2.5 miles north of Farnhamville, IA) Who: Charlie Caldwell of Black Squirrel Vineyard – Council Bluffs Cost: $10 for members, $12 for non-members. 3 Bring a sack lunch if you like, and also a bottle of your favorite Iowa wine to share. We look forward to seeing you on June 9. Norm Lewman, Secretary, Northwest Iowa Grape Growers Association [email protected] 6-(7 & 8), Comprehensive Elderberry Workshop & Farm Tour at American Legion Hall & Eridu Farms – Hartsburg, MO. Details: http://elderberrylife.com/workshops/ Cost: $60 with discounts for multiple attendees. Sponsored by: River Hills Elderberry Producers: http://www.riverhillsharvest.org/ IL State Fair Amateur Wine Competition Open to Out-of-State Winemakers Unlike the Illinois State Fair Commercial Wine competition, the Amateur Wine competition is open to out-of-state winemakers. Entries for the Illinois State Fair Amateur Wine Competition need to be in by June 15, 2012. The Amateur Competition will be held June 25-27 at the Workforce Careers Center at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois. Each wine entry shall consist of one 750 mL or two 375/500 mL bottles. There is no limit to the number of entries that may be submitted. A fee of $15 for each entry will be required. Checks should be made out to the Illinois Vintners and Grape Growers Association. Full details can be found here: http://www.illinoiswine.org/pdf/2012-illinois-competition-amateur.pdf 6-22, NDGGA Wine & Warbirds Tour What: North Dakota Grape Growers Association Wine & Warbirds Tour When: 1-6 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2012 Where: North Dakota State University and Fargo Air Museum Agenda: Noon – 1PM Registration 1-2:30- PM Review of Grape Plant Research at NDSU and NDSU Regional Extension Centers. Review of Tom Plocher’s variety development program for cold hardy high-quality winegrapes for ND 2:30-3:30 PM Winemaking Basics and Testing of NDSU Grapes 3:30-4:30 PM Tour greenhouse and plots 4:30-6 PM Wine tasting and touring at the Fargo Air Museum Cost: $10 Members, $15 and non-members Registration: http://www.ndgga.org/ 4 Mid-American Wine Competition 2012 You are invited to enter the 6th Annual Mid-American Wine Competition being held on July 13, 14, and 15, 2012. We have updated the wine competition this year based on valuable feedback from our participating wineries. We will be sending a postcard and invitation email to wineries in the Midwest. If are a winery that would like to participate, but have not received these, please email us at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Below is some of the highlighted information for the 2012 competition. Our website will be updated in the near future. · June 29th Deadline for Wine Entries · NEW – Wine Categories have been updated · NEW – Rules of Competition have been updated · NEW – Credit Cards can now be accepted here: http://www.midamericanwine.org<http://www.midamericanwine.org/ · Physical Medals will no longer be awarded for the Label Competition · The Food-Wine Pairing competition is July 13th - Reservations are required - An entry to the Food-Wine Pairing Competition consists of 2 (two) bottles of wine and $25.00 - Traditional Wine Competition is July 14th and 15th - An entry for the Traditional Competition consists of 4 (four)bottles of wine and $40.00 7-19, ASEV-ES International Symposium on Sparkling Wine Production When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday July 19, 2012 Where: Northwest Michigan College, Traverse City, MI Cost: $125 – includes lunch and tasting Full Details: http://www.asev-es.org/ Note: This is part of the American Enology & Viticulture th Society – Eastern Section (ASEV-ES) 37 Annual Conference. Iowa State Fair Commercial and Amateur Wine Competitions Entry Deadline: Sunday, 7-1-12 Amateur entry form: http://www.iowastatefair.org/downloads/competition/premium-books/oenology-23.pdf Commercial entry form (Iowa Wineries only): http://www.iowastatefair.org/downloads/competition/premium-books/commercial-wine-23.pdf 5 7-(6 & 7) Oak Barrel and Wine Workshops Sponsored by: Brick Packaging LLC ; Tonnellerie Radoux USA ; Tassel Ridge Winery, Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute and the Northern Grapes Project* Location: Tassel Ridge Winery, 1681 220th St., Leighton, IA 50143 Dates and Times: Workshop 1 Workshop 2 For licensed commercial winemakers All are welcome! Friday July 6, 2012 Saturday July 7, 2012 Agenda Agenda 12:30 pm Registration/check-in 12:30 pm Registration/check-in 1:00-2:00 Tour of Tassel Ridge Vineyard & Winery 1:00-3:00 Demonstration and Discussion 2:00-4:00 Demonstration and Discussion A.
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