Statewide Viticulture Extension Program

Nymphs and adults (behind grapes)

Marmorated Stink Bug nymph

I saw my first Marmorated Stink Bug adults and nymphs in a vineyard this past week in Maryland.  They were feeding on clusters of ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’.  This is a pest that will likely show up in New York in a few years.

Here is an edited PDF of the Powerpoint Presentation presented at Lincoln, NE on Saturday, May 21.

Nebraska Canopy Management wkshp

The New York Wine and Grape Foundation’s Total Quality Focus program funded 13 research and extension projects in 2007 and 2008, ranging from support for Veraison to Harvest newsletter to targeted research projects in enology/winemaking technology, viticulture, insect, disease, and weed management, and Concord/Niagara  juice quality.

The pdf document linked below briefly describes all the projects funded in 2007 and 2008

total-quality-focus-projects

This article appeared in June issues of Finger Lakes Vineyard Notes, Lake Erie Vineyard notes, and Hudson Valley Vineyard Notes, and describes canopy management and thinning options suitable for hybrid wine varieties trained high with procumbent (downward or drooping) growth habit:

canopy-management-for-hybrids

The article posted below describes results of a survey of 95 vineyards in the Finger Lakes for presence of grapevine leafroll virus, and an additional survey tracking the impact of leafroll on fruit maturity:

grapevine-leafroll-virus-an-increasing-problem.pdf

Geneva, NY.   A group of 35 extension educators, Cornell scientists and graduate students, and industry people from throughout the Northeast, Midwest and Ontario converged at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station August 11 and 12 for a workshop highlighting grape genetics and breeding research at Geneva. Continue Reading »

Here are some Photos from ‘A day with Grape Germplasm Resources’ workshop held at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY on August 12.

Peter Cousins, USDA ARS scientist with Grape Germplasm Research Unit in the Grapevine Germplasm Collection at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva

Dr. Bruce Reisch, grape breeder with Dept. Horticultural Sciences at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, demonstrates differences in grapevine resistance to downy mildew at his ‘no-spray’ grapevine nursery, where new crosses are evaluated.

Attendees at the August 12 A Day with Germplasm Resources Workshop held at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY.

For Full sized photo click on thumbnail below:

Meeting announcement for Beginner’s workshop on June 4 in Willsboro and June 5 in Watertown, NY

vines-in-north-country-announcement.pdf

The eight issues of Veraison to Harvest published in 2007 are now archived at

http://blogs.cce.cornell.edu/grapes/07-veraison-to-harvest-archive/

In late August, Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel and I traveled to Long Island for a look at the Long Island wine industry.

Here are my impressions of the region:

long-island-viticulture.pdf

long-island-portfolio.pdf