Winemaking for Challenging Environments Symposium
Speakers representing regions with cold, warm, and hot climates throughout the U.S will address environmental challenges from the vineyard to the winery. Conditions contributing to challenging environments will be introduced. The program’s focus will be on some of the viticultural and enological issues arising from environmental challenges. Topics include vineyard management to make the best of a challenging situation, improving must and wine quality in the winery (e.g., green flavors, phenols, acid-pH balance) and variety development for these climates (fruit/wine quality and cold hardiness) including for Pierce’s disease.
Symposium Organizing Committee:
Sara Spayd (Chair), North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Ed Hellman, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis
Program:
| 8:00 am – 8:05 am | Welcome Jim Kennedy, CSU Fresno, ASEV President |
| 8:05 am – 8:25 am | Introduction: Premise for Challenging Environments Sara Spayd, North Carolina State University, Raleigh |
| 8:25 am – 9:10 am | Dealing with Environmental Challenges in the Vineyard: Delivering the Best Product to the Winemaker Ed Hellman, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Texas Tech University, Lubbock |
| 9:10 am – 9:55 am | Snake Oil or Alchemy-Techniques to Salvage a Vintage in the Winery Misha Kwasniewski, University of Missouri, Columbia |
| 9:55 am – 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 am – 11:00 am | Origin of Green Flavors in Wine and Their Management Justin Scheiner, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station |
| 11:00 am – 11:45 am | Managing Acidity and pH in Wine Roger Boulton, University of California, Davis |
| 11:45 am – Noon | Q&A |
| Noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch on own |
| 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | Malolactic Fermentation under Low pH Conditions Thomas Henick-Kling, Washington State University, Tri-Cities |
| 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | Color and Phenolic Issues Anna Katharine Mansfield, Cornell University, New York |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | From Elmer Swenson to Chardonel Peter Hemstad, University of Minnesota |
| 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | New Possibilities: Hope for Pierce’s Disease Regions? Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Panel Discussion: Mike Sipowicz, Texas Custom Wine Works, Texas Additional Panelists To Be Confirmed |
