2010
JANUARY 2010
January 8 - 9
Kansas Grape Growers
& Winemakers Annual Conference
Guest House Inn
Emporia, KS
TBD
Oklahoma Grape Growers and Wine
Makers Conference
TBA
Tulsa, OK
January 26 - 29
Unified Grape & Wine Symposium
Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, CA
http://www.unifiedsymposium.org/
FEBRUARY 2010
February 6 - 8
Midwest Regional Grape & Wine Conference
TanTarA Resort
Osage Beach, MO
http://www.midwestgrapeandwineconference.com
February 11 - 13
6th annual “Cold Climate Grape and Wine Conference"
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.mngrapes.org
February 18 - 20
Texas
Grape and Wine Conference
Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel
Richardson, TX
http://www.txwines.org/conference/default.asp
February 24 - 26
Michigan Grape and Wine Conference
Amway Grand Plaza
Grand Rapids, MI
http://www.michiganwines.com
February 25 - 27
Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Assn. Annual Conference
Crown Plaza Hotel
Springfield, IL
http://www.illinoiswine.org/
MARCH 2010
March 2
2010 Pierce's Disease Research Symposium
Featuring
- Dr. Andy Walker
Grape Breeder
at the University of California at Davis. With new high quality
PD resistant grape selections being tested annually, Andy will
give an overview of the mechanics of his breeding program and
will offer insight on the future of grape varieties in areas at
risk to Pierce's disease.
DATE:
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
TIME:
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION:
Flat Creek Estate
PRICE:
$40 by 2/26/10 ONLINE or $50 ONSITE
Please click
here for more information or contact Becky Mazurek at
830-997-7047
or by email at
bmazurek@ag.tamu.edu.
March
5 - 6
12th Annual Nebraska Winery & Grape Growers Forum & Trade
Show
Holiday Inn, Kearney, Nebraska:
http://agronomy.unl.edu/viticulture/
March
6 - 7
Wine Sensory Workshop
Featuring - Ray Johnson,
Santa Rosa Junior College, VESTA Instructor and Author of "Good
Life Guide to Enjoying Wine"
The Inn at Black Star Farms (Suttons Bay, MI)
Cost: $150 per person
(No cost to VESTA students currently enrolled in VIN 266)
Class Size Limited to 40 Participants
March
9-12
Wineries Unlimited 2009
Two-Day Trade Show
Valley
Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia, PA
March
10
Fruit
Brandy Distillation Workshop Using a Batch Column Still with
Reflex
9 a.m.
- 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Missouri State Mountain Grove Cellars, Mountain Grove, MO
For
more information, contact Pam Mayer at
PMayer@missouristate.edu or call 417-547-7533.
March
19 - 20
Iowa Wine Growers Association
Annual Conference
Airport Holiday Inn
Des
Moines, Iowa
Visit
http://www.iowawinegrowers.org/ for more information
or
email Joan O'Brien at
joano@agribiz.org for information on attending or becoming a
vendor.
March
25, 26, 27
Winery
Sanitation, Equipment and Microbiology workshop
Tidal School Vineyards
Drumright, OK
This
combined workshop will provide attendees intensive hands-on,
discussion and industry presentations on topics covering winery
sanitation, winery equipment and wine microbiology and will
feature VESTA instructors Patricia Howe,
Brad Beam and John
Giannini
TBA
Wine Chemistry Workshop
Featuring - Vickie Wahlstrom, ConeTech
APRIL 2010
April 6 - 8
Ozarks Science & Engineering Fair
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
April
13 - 15
License To Steal
- National Wine Marketing Conference
The
Lodge and Conference Center, Geneva State Park
Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH
April
30
Newsom's Annual Grape Grower Field Day
Day after High
Plains Vineyard Tour.
Please
RSVP to Janice and Neal Newsom
for the meal at
neal@newsomvineyards.com
or 806-456-6877.
Please click
here to view the agenda.
MAY
2010
May 20
Winery
Sanitation Workshop & Sweetening Alternatives to Cane Sugar
Presented by Ellie Butz of Vintage Winery Consultants
Co-Sponsored by Shawnee Hills Wine Grape Association and VESTA
at Rend Lake College
9am-3pm at
Blue Sky Vineyard in Makanda, IL
Lunch Provided
$40 for Shawnee Hills Wine Grape Association Members, $45 for
non-members
Reserve by May 10, 2010 for a $5.00 discount
Please click
here
for a registration form.
JUNE 2010
June 1 - 4
VESTA Curriculum Retreat
Stone Bridge Estates
Branson
West,
MO
Click
here for registration form.
June 8
Effective Vineyard Spraying Workshop
8
a.m. - 5 p.m.
Door/Kewaunee area of Wisconsin
Featuring Dr. Andrew Landers Cornell University:
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/faculty/landers/pestapp/ajlanders.htm
Cost: $20 each
Registration required by: 5-28-10, limited to 24 people
Sponsored by: UW-Madison Center for Integrated
Agricultural Systems (CIAS)
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/
June 10
Effective Orchard Spraying Workshop
8 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Door County, Wisconsin
Featuring Dr. Andrew Landers Cornell University:
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/faculty/landers/pestapp/ajlanders.htm
Cost: $20 each
Registration required by: 5-28-10, limited to 24 people
Sponsored by: UW-Madison Center for Integrated
Agricultural Systems (CIAS)
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/
JULY
2010
ISU Multi-State Grape Field Day
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday, July 19, 2010
at the ISU Armstrong Research Farm, Lewis, IA
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/armstrong.php
Featuring University Extension and Researchers from IA, MO, NE
and SD.
Cost: $20 each if
pre-registered prior to Wednesday, July 14, $25 each afterwards.
Agenda (weather permitting):
8:30 Registration (inside the Wallace
Learning Center)
9:00 Walking tour of the grape cultivar research plots:
· Overview of the
grape cultivar trials
· Disease management
· Canopy management
· Crop load management
· Demonstration of any exhibitor’s equipment
12:00
Lunch (in the Wallace Learning Center) and visit
with exhibitors
1:30
Discussions and reports (in the Wallace Learning Center)
· State reports on the status of the 2010 crop
· Grape research activities
· Grape cultivar trial results
3:30 Adjourn
Event Flyer & Registration Form:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine/Events.htm
For More Information: Dr. Paul Domoto;
domoto@iastate.edu;
Telephone: 515-294-0035 or
Leann Plowman-Tibken at the Armstrong Research Farm;
leann@iastate.edu
Telephone: 712-769-2600
AUGUST 2010
TBA
Management Team Meeting
Michigan State University
East
Lansing, MI
SEPTEMBER 2010
TBA
3rd Annual Chapel Creek Winery Grape Stomp Festival
Chapel Creek Winery
Redlands Community College - Darlington Center
El
Reno, OK
September 3
Berry Sensory
Analysis Seminar
Hands-on Analysis for Determining Berry Maturity
Hosted by Rend Lake College, IGGVA, and VESTA
Location: University of Illinois Extension Sangamon/Menard Unit
2501
North 8th Street
IL
State Fairgrounds, Bldg. #30
Springfield, IL
This
4-hour seminar covers several aspects of Berry Sensory Analysis
(BSA) as developed by the IVC (Institute Cooperatif du Vin) in
Montpellier. The goal is to provide grape owners and winemakers
with a common language to characterize grape maturity in great
detail.
Please
see the Informational
Flyer for more details.
For
more information, please contact Rachel Cristaudo,
IL
VESTA Coordinator at Rend Lake College, Ina, IL
(618)
437-5321 ext. 1724
or at
cristaudor@rlc.edu.
OCTOBER 2010
October 26 - 29
ATE Conference
Washington, DC
NOVEMBER 2010
DECEMBER 2010
