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Wine-Grower-News #249 7-22-13 Wine-Grower-News #249 7-22-13 Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine Information in this issue includes: Volunteer for the Iowa State Fair “Wine Experience” Results from the Mid-American Wine Competition – Ankeny, IA 2013 Intl. Cold Climate Wine Competition 7-20, 2013 Summer Viticulture Day – Southern Ill. University Carbondale 7-(22 &24) Wine Sanitation Workshops – Michigan 7-28. Minnesota Grape Growers Assn. Annual Picnic – Spring Valley, MN 10-(4-13) Global Learning Adventures Italy Tour - UMN 8-(8 or 13), Harvest Time Sensory Workshop – Perryville, MO 9-21, USAronia Berry Field Day – Homestead, IA Videos Worth Seeing Neeto-Keeno Stuff Notable Quotables Marketing Tidbits Articles of Interest Show n Tell (7-13 Field Day & VESTA Workshop Tour) Calendar of Events Volunteer for the Iowa State Fair “Wine Experience” This will be the 5th year that the Iowa State Fair has teamed up with the Iowa Grape & Wine Industry to display our industry to the 1million+ visitors that come to the Iowa State Fair each year. The Iowa State Fair will run from Thursday, August 8th through Sunday, August 18th this year. The “Wine Experience” includes, grape stomping, kids grape activities, display vineyard, equipment display, wine tasting, music and informational speakers and will again be housed in and around Grandfather’s Barn. The Iowa Wine Growers Association Wine & Cheese Garden is now located under the shade trees to the west of the barn. There will be wine, cheese and live music each evening. Under the shade trees on top of the hill next to Grandfather’s Barn. 1 All volunteers will receive a free entry and parking pass. No experience is necessary. There will be three working shifts each day: 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. 98 shifts left to fill 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. INTERESTED in having a GOOD TIME and getting in FREE to the Iowa State Fair. Please consider helping us promote our Iowa Wine Industry to the World. Contact: Mike White at [email protected] or 515-681-7286. Results from the Mid-American Wine Competition – Ankeny, IA The 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition was held July 12-14, 2013, in Iowa, and focused only on the wines of the Midwest. he competition is open only to commercial wineries of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Check out the results here: http://www.midamericanwine.org/2013medals/Pages/welcome.aspx FREE Midwest Wide CLASSIFIEDS for vineyards and wineries at Midwest Wine Press here: http://midwestwinepress.com/classifieds/ 2013 Intl. Cold Climate Wine Competition Open to: Commercial wineries only, 31 different categories Cost: $40 per entry Online Registration: Starts Friday, May 17, and closes at 11:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, August 1. Pre-registered entries must arrive by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 5. 2 Competition to be held August 16, 2013 Sponsored by: University of Minnesota & the Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) Full Details: http://mngrapegrowers.com/competition Argols: Raw cream of tartar crystals (potassium bitartrate) found in chunks at the bottom of the tank. A byproduct of winemaking. Name given to raw cream of tartar crystals (potassium bitartrate)Found in chunks. A byproduct of winemaking. 7-(22 &24) Wine Sanitation Workshops – Michigan 7-22-13 Wine Sanitation Workshop, 8:30 a.m. to noon Where: L. Mawby Winery production facility, 121 4th St. Suttons Bay, MI Who: Nicholla Hall of Scott Labs & Paul Jenkins of MSU Cost: $49 for 1st person of winery, $19 for additional winery personnel Sponsored by: Michigan State University and the Michigan Wine Foundation Register here: http://store.chateauchantal.com/store/product/3521/MSU-Workshop-winery-sanitatio/ 7-24-13 Winery Sanitation Workshop, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Where: Fenn Valley Vineyard & Winery, 6130 122nd Ave., Fennville, MI Who: Nicholla Hall of Scott Labs & Paul Jenkins of MSU Cost: $49 for 1st person of winery, $19 for additional winery personnel Sponsored by: Michigan State University and the Michigan Wine Foundation Register here: http://store.chateauchantal.com/store/product/3522/MSU-Workshop-winery-sanitatio/ 7-28, Minnesota Grape Growers Assn. Annual Picnic – Spring Valley, MN Where: Four Daughters Vineyard & Winery 78757 Minnesota 16 Spring Valley, MN 55975 When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 28, 2013 What: Potluck Picnic Educational Tours – Trellis & Training Options Homemade Vineyard Equipment Details here: http://mngrapegrowers.com/mgga-annual-summer-picnic 3 10-(4-13) Global Learning Adventures Italy Tour - UMN Join the University of Minnesota's College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) alumni and friends for a Global Learning Adventure you can't get anywhere else! Discover Italy through unique experiences focused on food culture and sustainability October 4-13. The tour is open to the U of M community and will be led by Mike White, a Morse Alumni Distinguished Professor in CFANS and head of the Department of Animal Science. Professor White has led numerous student trips to Italy; now alumni & friends of CFANS can take advantage of this opportunity as well! From Cinque Terre to Chianti, participants will learn about organic winemaking, traditional farming methods, modern enology and land management practices along spectacular views of the Mediterranean coast. Tour an olive grove, visit a Pecorino cheese producer in Tuscany and a Chianina cattle farm. Application and registration fees are due by August 1st. Click here to learn more about the tour. Questions, contact: Mary Buschette 612-624-1745 or [email protected] Check out our facebook page here: http://z.umn.edu/caglafb 8-(8 or 13), Harvest Time Sensory Workshop – Perryville, MO What: These workshops will consist of a short presentation about grape physiology with an emphasis on the changes that occur during ripening and an introduction to principles of sampling grapes within the vineyard after veraison. There will several “hands-on” experiences during which you will sample and evaluate all aspects of the ripening grape…pulp, skins, and seeds. We encourage you to bring grape samples from your vineyard, ideally picked the same morning, for evaluation. Where/When: 8-8: 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8th, 2013 Barrens Winery, Perryville, MO Perryville Registration: please click here 8-13: 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 13th, LaBella Vineyards & Winery, Wellington, MO Wellington Registration: please click here. Cost: $20 each. Lunch is included, please click here. 4 Snail mail-in registration form: please click here. Sponsored by: University of Missouri Grape & Wine Institute: http://gwi.missouri.edu/ 9-21, USAronia Berry Field Day – Homestead, IA When: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, 9-21-13 Where: Proverbs Ministries, 1681 U Ave. Homestead, IA Agenda: Mechanical Harvesting Demos at 10 a.m. , Noon, 2 & 4 p.m. Keynote Speaker at 1:00 - "Opportunities for Local Food Producers" Live Christian Music at 2:00 Food, Artisan Vendors all day Kids Games (proceeds to Local Youth Groups) Cost: FREE! Note: Bring your lawn chair and enjoy! Aronia’s Partners: Levi's Indigenous Fruit Enterprises BEI International ARo the aronia berry brand Good4U Berries Proverbs Ministries Complete Information: http://www.usaronia.com/content/usaronia-berry-field-day Cryoextraction: The selected partial freezing of grapes to allow a predetermined level of juice concentration via water removal as ice followed by cold pressing. Videos Worth Seeing 1. Sensitive Sites, Grapes & Vineyards, 5:44 min. – Univ. of NE Extension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EZeYln2skWU 2. Pesticide Drift 1, 4:23 min. – Univ. of NE Extension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdgnxA0wtQQ&feature=player_embedded Pesticide Drift 2, 6:09 min. – Univ. of NE Extension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=htMr6hArK-M&feature=endscreen 5 Neeto-Keeno Stuff 1. Effectiveness of Fungicides on Grape Diseases, 1/13, UKY Extension: http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcollege/plantpathology/ext_files/PPFShtml/PPFS-FR-S-18.pdf 2. Ode to Catawba Wine: http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu/mtngrvcellars/Ode.htm 3. ISU Extension Plant & Diagnostic Clinic now on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ISU-Plant-Insect-Diagnostic-Clinic/126653474081 Notable Quotables “Three wine companies – E. & J. Gallo, The Wine Group and Constellation – accounted for nearly half of all the wine sold in America in 2012.” --- Wine Giants Monopolize U.S. Market, 7-13-13 – Wine Searcher Marketing Tidbits 1. Winery E-commerce: Online Store Design to Sell More Wine, 7-8-13 – Talk is Sheep Marketing: http://www.talkissheepmarketing.com/blog/bid/296877/Winery-E-commerce-Online-Store-Design-to-Sell-More-Wine 2. Clients vs. Customers You need to choose. Customers hear you say, "here, I made this," and they buy or they don't buy. Clients say to you, "I need this," and if you want to get paid, you make it. The customer, ironically, doesn't get something custom. The key distinction is who goes first, who gets to decide when it's done. The provider is rarely better than the clients he is able to attract. On the other hand, the creator often gets the customers she deserves. --- Seth Godin, 7-15-13 3. “According to Technomic, wine volume grew 2.2 percent in 2012 to 345.1 million 9-liter cases, and retail sales reached $32.3 billion, a 3.6 percent increase over 2011. Wine's hare of total adult beverage volume increased slightly to 10.7 percent.” --- Wine Consumption Rises in the U.S. in 2012- Puget Sound Business Journal 4. Wineries should tap into Super-Premium cider craze, 7-16-13 - Rabobank http://www.beveragedaily.com/Markets/Wineries-should-tap-US-super-premium-cider-craze-Rabobank 6 Show n Tell (Left) Joe Taylor, President of the Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Association and owner of Sleepy Creek Vineyards introduced the new Illinois Wine branding icon on 7-15-13.
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