Statewide Viticulture Extension Program

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

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:

Here is the draft PWT petition

vitenoldraft-program-work-team-petition.doc

Tim Martinson, Hans Walter-Peterson and Alice Wise

From a humble beginning as ‘coffee shop’ discussion group by a handful of vineyard managers in 1996, Oregon’s LIVE (Low Input Viticulture and Enology) sustainability certification program has grown to encompass 8,000 acres of grapes and 97 vineyards - 44% of Oregon’s total grape acreage.

Link:

macdonald-talks-aboutoregon-live-sustainable-viticulture.pdf

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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/