Last updated on April 6, 2012

Date: Wednesday, June 20
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel

Organizers:
Leticia Chacón-Rodriguez, Treasury Wine Estates, California (Co-chair)
John Thorngate, Constellation Wines U.S., California (Co-chair)
Lise Asimont, Francis Ford Coppola Presents, California
Nichola Hall, Scott Laboratories, California

Click here to view the Industry Seminars on Thursday

These seminars are an ASEV program feature that emphasizes the fundamentals of commercial winemaking and viticulture practices. They are designed to emphasize useful, practical, hands-on knowledge of the general topic category with specific product focus. Suppliers with related products and services will have table top displays to view from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm on either Wednesday or Thursday specific to each seminar.

These seminars are included in the General Registration fee.

Speakers will be added as confirmed.

Grape Anatomy and Grapevine Disease Testing

Grape anatomy is important for proper disease identification on grape vines. Diseases are always a great challenge in our vineyards and affects all of us in the industry; whenever we find new diseases we always seek for better understanding of them to be able to control, minimize and eliminate as possible. Different tests will be discussed including their advantages and limitations. Industry speakers will provide their own experiences and successes.
Chair Steve Renquist, Oregon State University Extension Service, Douglas County
Speakers Joel Myers, Vinetenders, Oregon
Tammi Olineka,
University of California, Davis
James A. Stamp, Stamp Associates, California
Chad Vargas, Adelsheim Vineyard, Oregon
Supplier Display Bird Gard - Table 2

Wine Microbiology – Botrytis and Laccase

This past harvest many wineries were forced to deal with significant Botrytis cinerea infection of grapes, leading to high levels of laccase and glucans. The oxidative enzyme laccase impacts color in both red and white wines; the polysaccharide glucan affects clarification. Industry speakers will discuss their strategies for determining Botrytis infection, mitigating laccase activity and minimizing glucan impact.
Chair Nichola Hall, Scott Laboratories, California
Speakers Andrew Davis, Argyle Winery, Oregon
Samantha Kollar, Enartis Vinquiry, California
David Paige, Adelsheim Vineyard, Oregon
Chandra Richter, E&J Gallo, California
Supplier Displays Alpine Scientific - Table 1
Cermetek Microelectronics, Inc. - Table5
Enartis Vinquiry - Table 3
EnviroLogix, Inc. - Table 4