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Wine-Grower-News #375 1-14-18 Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine

Information in this issue includes:

James F. Nickell – IL Vineyard Icon Passes Away

FREE: New, Iowa Wine, Beer & Distillery Directory now available FREE: Small Wine Brands 7-week Wine Marketing Course via E-mail

EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessments for Glyphosate Viticulture Position – Highland Community College – Wamego, KS

Cold Climate Conference is now taking Vendor Registrations FREE, CCOVI, Brock University Lecture Series Starts January 15th

Entries begin Jan. 13th for International Mazer Cup Mead Competition FREE: 1-18, Webinar, Fining, Wine Stability & Sensory Improvement FREE: 1-25 Soil Health in Diverse Cropping Systems Webinar – MO

2-(18-19), Register Now for the IWGA Conference FREE: 2-5, UW-Madison Winemaking Workshop – Wollersheim Winery

7-30 to 8-2, VitiNord 2018 will be in Scandinavia Show n Tell Neeto Keeno Videos of Interest Marketing Tidbits

Articles of Interest Calendar of Events National Weather Service U.S. Map of Frost & Snow Depths

James F. Nickell – IL Vineyard Icon Passes Away It is with deep regrets that I announce the passing of Jim Nickell co-owner/operator with his wife Sharla of Bellevue Hollow Vineyard located at Nebo, IL. Jim passed away on 12-26-17. Jim was one of the early founders and past president of the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) and founder of the Western Illinois Grape Producer’s Associated Corporation (WIGPAC). He was a wine maker, grape grower, educator and mentor to many Midwest vineyards and wineries.

(Right) Jim Nichell at his 11th annual vineyard field day, 10-18-08

I first met Jim when he and Sharla spoke at the Iowa Grape Growers Association conference on 2-1-02. I later attended one of his famous field days on 8-10-02. Jim and Sharla also come over to Summerset Winery again in 2003 to share their knowledge. I attended his 11th annual field day on 10-18-08 where I remember visiting with grape and wine university specialists from neighboring states who wanted to see how Jim

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operated his 45+ acre vineyard. He was a mentor and peer to many leaders in our Midwest industry. A memorial for Jim Nickell will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, January 20th at the Belleview Community Church in Nebo, IL. His obituary can be found here: http://www.eliaskallalandschaaf.com/obituaries/James-Nickell/#!/Obituary mlw

FREE: New, Iowa Wine, Beer & Distillery Directory now available The latest Iowa Wine and Beer Directory includes listings for 175 wineries, breweries and distilleries statewide. In addition, the Iowa Wine and Beer app, available for both IOS and Android, is updated with information on all wineries, breweries and distilleries as well as a search function to find locations near the user. You can download the phone app or order the print copy HERE Contact Jenna Beary at Travel Iowa with questions or for bulk brochure orders. -

FREE: Small Wine Brands 7-week Wine Marketing Course via E-mail What: This seven week email series is specially created for small winery owners that sell less than 50,000 cases per year. We take complex wine marketing concepts and

break them down into 7 different emails containing steps you can take right away to grow your winery.

How: Simply enter your email address here and they will send

you 7 weeks of emails with tips on branding, social media, marketing, SEO, pay per click, and much more! You’ll receive the first email complete with tips in your email inbox within a few hours of signing up.

Who: bauerhaus design: http://www.bauerhaus.com/

EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessments for Glyphosate

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing for public comment the draft human health and ecological risk assessments for glyphosate, one of the most widely used agricultural pesticides in the United States.

The draft human health risk assessment concludes that glyphosate is NOT likely to be carcinogenic to

humans

http://www.ncipmc.org/connection/?p=4149

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Viticulture Position – Highland Community College – Wamego, KS What: This position is responsible for maintaining the college vineyards in collaboration with the V & E Program Director. In addition, this position includes a teaching load of 3 – 9 credits per semester (and possibly one course during summer) depending upon demand and time availability. Finally, the position will assist in research and extension duties for the Kansas grape and wine industry as well as workshop teaching/hosting. Education: Bachelor's or higher in viticulture, enology,

or horticulture. Details: https://highlandcc.edu/pages/campus-positions/viticulture-instructor-vineyard-manager

______________________________________________________ The Cold Climate Conference is now taking Vendor registrations. Details: http://www.mngrapes.org/?page=ccchome

Attendee Registration Coming Soon!

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FREE, CCOVI, Brock University Lecture Series Starts January 15th Wine aficionados from around the world can soak up Brock University’s leading grape and wine research as the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) Lecture Series returns for its 11th year. Ten speakers from across CCOVI’s network of researchers, scientists, fellows and professional affiliates are participating in this year’s series. Topics will span a wide range from the debate over screw cap versus cork closures on wine bottles, to why we buy certain sparkling wines and the latest research on cold hardiness, leaf removal impacts and extracting polyphenolics during ice syrup production. The free lectures start at 1 p.m. CST every Monday and will take place in room H313 of the Mackenzie Chown complex at Brock University. Paid parking is available in the nearby Lot E. The lectures will also be available to watch online by visiting webapp.lifesizecloud.com For more information and to see archived lecture videos, visit the CCOVI Lecture Series website

The Mazer Cup International Mead Competition, is the largest commercial and amateur mead competition in the world. Entries can be sent in starting January 13th,

2018. The Competition will be held March 15 to 17, 2018.

Details here: http://mazercup.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/pg/mazercup/

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FREE: 1-18, Webinar, Fining, Wine Stability & Sensory Improvement What: Free, 1 hour webinar, Defined: Fining Agents and Practices for Wine Stability and

Sensory Improvement. Enartis USA will present interactive webinar on:

- Balancing wine structure through fining - Eliminating off-flavors and aromas - Fining for wine stability - 15 minute Q & A

When: 11 A.M. CST, Thursday, January 18, 2017. Register here: https://enartis.webinato.com/register/74271514483790 Technical connection issues: https://support.webinato.com

FREE: 1-25 Soil Health in Diverse Cropping Systems Webinar – MO What: 9th annual University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry Symposium. : When: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, January 25th, 2018. Where: Bond Life Science Center – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Cost: FREE and open to the public. Complete Agenda: http://centerforagroforestry.org/events/2018_SymposiumProgramFlyer.pdf

REGISTRATION

Pétillant-naturel: (natural sparkling) is a catch-all term for practically any sparkling wine made in the méthode ancestrale, meaning the wine is bottled before primary fermentation is finished, without the addition of secondary yeasts or sugars. (This is in contrast to méthode champenoise, the method used to make Champagne and other more-common sparkling wines, in which a finished wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle with additional yeasts and sugars). This ancient method produces a simpler, more rustic sparkler than Champagne, one that is traditionally cloudy, unfiltered, and often bottled with a crown cap (like a beer) rather than a cork. From: What Is Pét-Nat Wine? An Ancient Winemaking Style on the Rise, 10-1-15 The Fix

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FREE: 2-5, UW-Madison Winemaking Workshop – Wollersheim Winery What: The UW-Madison Fermentation Sciences Program is partnering with Brewers Supply Group (BSG) to offer a this free winemaking workshop dealing with the Top 5 Winemaking Challenges & Opportunities for Harvest 2018. Enology experts will present information on a range of topics to include: Must Clarification, Tannin Management, Color Stability, Yeast Strain Selection and Protein Stability. When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, February 5th, 2018 Where: Wollersheim Winery & Distillery Vineyard Room, 7876 State Rd. 188 Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin 53578 Who: Join Ilya Soroka, BSG Midwest Sales Manager, Guillermo Soto, VASON GROUP

GM, & Susan Owen, JUCLAS Operations Manager, as we discuss the synergistic action between tannins and enzymes in order to grant wine sensory attributes such as structure,aroma integration, color stability and more.

Cost: FREE. Lunch included and sponsored by BSG Please RSVP: Nick Smith by January 15 to nsmith35@wisc.edu

FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, IA 50023 Sunday & Monday, February 18 & 19, 2018

Compete Details & Registration: https://www.iowawinegrowers.org/events/annual-conference

Port Tongs: were invented in the 18th century as a way to cleanly decapitate bottles of vintage port whose old corks might otherwise break or disintegrate with the use of a corkscrew. The process involves red-hot iron tongs, which are placed on the neck of a bottle below the cork. Check out: How and Why to Use Port Tongs, 8-16-17 3:16 min. Wine Spectator, 3:16 min. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjGtfhkfIx0

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7-30 to 8-2, VitiNord 2018 will be in Scandinavia VitiNord 2018 will be hosted by Sweden and Denmark. The Oresund Bridge now connects Malmo, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark over the waters of the Baltic Sea. This makes it possible to host portions of this conference in each country

Previously, the conference has taken place in Riga, Latvia (2006), St. Hyacynthe, Quebec (2009), Neubrandenburg, Germany/Szczecin, Poland (2012), and Nebraska City, Nebraska, USA (2015). International air travel to the conference is via Copenhagen Kastrup Airport, which is a short 30-minute car or train ride to Malmo Live, the conference hotel in Malmo. For more information about visiting Malmo, see https://visitsweden.com/malmo/ . Please go to http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen-tourist for information about Copenhagen. Details & Registration: http://www.vitinord2018.org/

Neeto Keeno 1. ProtonMail.com, “ProtonMail offers encrypted email, which makes it virtually impossible for anyone to read it except the sender and the recipient.” Wall Street Journal. ProtonMail is the world’s largest encrypted email service: https://protonmail.com/ 2. Four new wine cartoons from Doug Pike, award winning cartoonist, 1-3-18 the Drinks Business: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/01/four-new-wine-cartoons-by-doug-pike-12/

Show n Tell

(Left) Peaks of Otter Winery in Bedford, VA has allowed people to drop off used Christmas trees at the winery for their goats to eat. Check out their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/PeaksofOtterWinery/?ref=search

Amontillado: Amontillado is a category of Sherry which begins aging in the same manner as a fino Sherry, with a flor yeast cap to protect from oxidation and keep the wine fresh-tasting, but amontillado is then exposed to oxygen, allowing the wine to darken, becoming richer than a fino but still lighter than an oloroso.

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(Right) “To date, 92% of the county’s 60,000 acres of vines have undergone a sustainability assessment, and 72% have been certified. More than 1,400 individual vineyards have been certified, and 75 wineries have also been certified.” From: Sonoma Unveils Wine Sustainability Logo 1-11-18, Wines & Vines Magazine

(Left) L-R: Mike White – ISU Extension grape guy, Jennie Savits – ISU Extension wine gal, and Terry Turner – Broken Spoke Vineyard at Emporia, KS. The ISU Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute had a display booth touting our wine testing laboratory service at the Kansas Grape Growers & Winemakers Association (KGGWA) Conference held in Lawrence Kansas. 1-5-18.

(Right) Julie & Bob DesRuisseaux of Prairie Fire Winery – Paxico, KS operating their homemade 4-row netting applicator this past harvest season. This is a photo of a slide Bob showed at the KGGWA conference. They are applying 44’ wide bird netting from Plantra. They use this to apply and take off their netting. 1-6-18 mlw

(Right) WINEBAA: Muzzle allowing sheep to graze vineyards without harming the vines: https://www.winebaa.com/

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(Left) Great looking Kansas logo on this Crescent Moon Winery shirt. I stopped by Crescent Moon and talked the co-owner Keith Hand on my way back from the KGGWA annual conference in Lawrence, KS. Crescent Moon Winery is located approximately 7 miles northeast of Lawrence, 1-7-18 mlw

(Right) Mitchell Meyer, winemaker/co-owner of Holy Field Winery standing in front of approximately half of the medals Holy Field has won since they first opened in 1994. I am pretty sure they are the #1 most awarded winery in KS. The wines I tried were very good. Holy Field is located just outside of the northwest corner of Kansas City, KS 1-4-18 mlw

(Right) Marc & Pamela Rowe, owners of Rowe Ridge Vineyard & Winery. Pamela just finished her term on the KGGWA board the day prior at their annual conference. I stopped by to check their place out. They have a nice deck, patio area and tasting room for small events. The vineyard was planted in 2005 and winery started in 2007 when they were in a rural area. Residential development on the northwest side of Kansas City, KS now surround their location. They are located about 1 mile north of the Kansas Speedway. 1-7-18 mlw

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Videos of Interest 1. Snus Hill Winery – Madrid, IA via drone,12-20-17, 36 sec. 2. Eagle City Winery – Iowa Falls, IA For Sale, 12-4-17 2:46 min. 3. Domesticating Wild Grapes at Kesselring Vineyard – Kindred North Dakota, 9-19-19, 3:38 min. 4. “Weedit” Spot on Spraying, 4-29-15 2:07 min.

Marketing Tidbits 1. 2. Mano’s Winery in Kansas City. Very interesting way to sell wine! It is all about the label. https://www.manoswine.com/ 3. “We Card” Age of Purchase Calendars: http://www.wecard.org/ 4. Tax Changes Hit Wine's Alcohol Levels, 1-11-18 wine-searcher 5. Getting Wines into Local Restaurants, 1-3-18 Penn State University Extension 6. International Journal of Wine Marketing: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/ijwm 7. “Significantly, the study, which has not yet been subject to a peer review process, has shown that a producer whose wine receives a medal can raise their price by 13%.” From: 13% price rise for medal-winning wines, says new study, 1-10-18 Drinks

Business

Left) No big surprise who remains the chief social referral source for retailers. But #2 may raise eyebrows. (And #3 disappoint), Oct. 2017 Wine Industry Insight.

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Notable Quotables “Winemakers in France are planning to introduce a new hybrid grape to negate the effect global warming is having on the production of Champagne.” From: A sparkling idea: Champagne makers plan to tackle global warming with hybrid

Grapes, 12-31-17 More Radio “That may be why the grape is the most popular varietal grown in Missouri. Norton grows on more than 350 acres and accounts for 20.7 percent of all the grapes grown in the state.” From: Discover Norton: Missouri's standout wine grape, 1-2-18 Morning Ag Clips “My highest objective in a vineyard is balance. There are countless and continually changing variables in the vineyard that all must be balanced to produce high quality wine grapes.” From: Nick Pehle, Midwest Vineyard Consulting – Berger, MO “New research indicated that exposure to fungicides interferes with honey bee ability to metabolize the treatments beekeepers use to kill varroa mites—meaning their preference for the chemicals could lead to more complications and even death.”

From: Bee’s Favoritism of Fungicide-Laced Foods Could Turn Deadly, 1-8-18 AgPro “By itself, knowledge that a wine, is a gold medal winner appears to have little relevance, as these wines do not score significantly higher than other medal winners. However, evidence suggests that golds from some competitions may be more relevant than others.” From: Wine Competitions: Reevaluating the Gold Standard, Journal of Wine Economics, Volume 12, Number 4, 2017,

Articles of Interest 1. WA: Yes, your spray nozzles need to be replaced on a regular basis, 12-27-17 Good Fruit Grower 2. WA: State’s largest custom wine bottling plant to open, 12-28-17 Capital Press 3. MI: Oldest winery on the Leelanau Peninsula closes down, 12-29-17 Detroit Free Press

The Devastator: Phylloxera Vastatrix & The Remaking of the World of Wine ***** (Long, but excellent. The Complete world history of phylloxera, grapes and wine)

12-30-17 GuildSomm

https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/features/b/kelli-white/posts/phylloxera-vastatrix

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4. Traminettes Popularity Spreads Across the East, Jan. 2018 Wines & Vines 5. Pruning Grapes in The Vineyard: Just The Basics, 1-2-18 Sip on this Juice 6. Viti-tunnel may reduce need for spraying – 1-5-18 BK Wine Magazine 7. New, Improved Lure for Stink Bug Detected, 1-9-18 Growing Produce 8. Ontario grant helps Brock create first-of-its-kind wine sensory lab, 1-9-18 WineBusiness.com 9. IA: New Dicamba Labels Issued, 1-11-18 ISU Extension

Calendar of Events

1-(17-18), 2018 Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium – Hilton Concord Hotel in Concord, CA: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/direct-to-consumer-wine-symposium-2018-tickets-36320497586

1-(19-20), Practical Farmers of Iowa 2018 annual conference, Scheman Auditorium – Ames, IA: http://practicalfarmers.org/news-events/events/annual-conference/ 1-(21-23), Wisconsin Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Conference - Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI. https://fruit.wisc.edu/event/wisconsin-fresh-fruit-vegetable-conference/ 1-(23-25), 2018 Unified Symposium, Sacramento Convention Center: https://www.unifiedsymposium.org/ 1-(25-26), Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference, FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, IA 50023. Details: http://www.ifvga.org/index.cfm/51266/90340/2018_annual_conference 1-31 to 2-2), 2018 Cidercon – U.S. Association of Cider Makers Conference. Baltimore, Maryland: https://ciderassociation.org/cidercon2018/ 2-(2-3)-18, North Dakota Grape and Wine Association Annual Conference – Grant Hotel, Minot ND: http://www.ndgwa.org/conference/ 2-5, FREE UW-Madison Winemaking Workshop – Wollersheim Winery & Distillery, Prairie du Sac, WI. RSVP to Nick Smith by January 15th: nsmith35@wisc.edu 2-5 to 5-5, International Brewing Diploma – Siebel Institute of Technology. Details: https://www.siebelinstitute.com/education/certificate-studies/international-diploma-in-brewing-technology-program/dates/

Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute Updates: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/content/institute-updates

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2-10, 3rd Annual Small Farms Conference, Scheman Auditorium - Ames, IA https://www.extension.iastate.edu/node/44233/ 2-(18-19), Iowa Wine Growers Association annual conference, FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, IA 50023. https://www.iowawinegrowers.org/events/annual-conference 2-(19-20), 2018 Ohio Grape & Wine Conference – Embassy Suites Columbus-Dublin, 5100 Upper Metro Place, Dublin, OH 43017 2-(20-22), WineAmerica’s 2018 National Wine Policy Conference held in Conjunction with the US Wine and Beverage Conference and Expo at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel – Washington DC. Details & Registration. 2-(23-24), Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Association, Springfield, IL Details here: http://illinoiswine.com/events/ 2-28 to 3-2, Michigan Grape & Wine Conference, Radisson Plaza Hotel, Kalamazoo. Details: https://www.michiganwines.com/conference 3-(5-7), Show-Me Missouri Grape and Wine Institute Conference – Hampton Inn, Columbia, MO. Details later: http://gwi.missouri.edu/ 3-(6-8), Eastern Winery Expo – Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA. http://www.easternwineryexposition.com/ 3-(7-8), License to Steal Wine Marketing Conference, Eastern Winery Exposition - Lancaster, PA. Details: https://easternwineryexposition.com/license-to-steal-conference 3-(14-16), Mid America Beverage Exposition & Conference – St. Charles, MO Details: https://www.midamericabevexpo.com/ 3-(16 & 17), Midwest Aronia Conference at the Omaha Regency Marriott in Omaha, NE: Details later: http://midwestaronia.org/ 3-(15 -17), Cold Climate Conference – Minneapolis/St. Paul. Details:

http://www.mngrapes.org/?page=ccchome

4-(6-7), Siouxland Garden Show – Hilton Garden Inn, Sioux City, IA. Details: http://www.siouxlandgardenshow.org/ 5-(7-16)-2018 Washington State University to Tour New York Wine Regions: http://wine.wsu.edu/education/certificate/international-winery-tours/new-york-winery-and-vineyard-tour/

5-(17-20), 2018 WineMaker Magazine Conference – San Diego, CA. Details and Registration: https://winemakermag.com/register-now 6-(10-14), The 12th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) will be held from Jun 10-14, 2018 in Ithaca, NY (Cornell University).

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6-(20-22)-18, The GrapeVine Magazine Midwest Viniculture Expo 2018 - The RiverCenter, Davenport, IA. Sponsored by: The GrapeVine Magazine 7-30 to 8-2, VitiNord 2018 in Sweden & Denmark. Details & Registration: http://www.vitinord2018.org/

e-Viticulture: http://eviticulture.org/

Iowa Wine Growers Association: http://iowawinegrowers.org/

ISU Viticulture Extension: https://viticulture.hort.iastate.edu/

ISU Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/

ISU 2017 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide:

https://store.extension.iastate.edu/Product/Midwest-Fruit-Pest-Management-Guide-2017

Northern Grapes Project: http://northerngrapesproject.org/

VESTA (Viticulture Enology & Science Technology Alliance): http://www.vesta-usa.org/

Dr. Tom Zabadal’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/Viticultureinfo

Mike White’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR40ecPRjRvNhMswpTs7bRQ?view_as=subscriber

The Vineyard Advisor FREE App

iTunes App Store (iPhone): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vineyard-advisor/id1187381601?mt=8

Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.tamu.agrilife.VineyardAdvisorApp

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