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2021 Cold Climate Conference

  • 10 Feb 2021
  • 11 Feb 2021
  • Remote

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The 2021 Cold Climate Conference will be held again VIRTUALLY!  

2-DAY Conference 

FEBRUARY 10TH & 11TH  FROM 4:30 - 9:00 PM CENTRAL TIME

All times are evenings in Central Time

WEDNESDAY, February 10th 
4:30-5:30 Get to know Explore Minnesota Tourism and the University of
                 Minnesota Tourism Center with Xinyi Zian* and Lori Peterson* 

                 
ENOLOGY TRACK
6:00-7:00 Katie Cook* – Yeasts for wine style and types
7:00-8:00 John Taylor* – Back sweetening and sterile bottling
8:00-9:00 Jon Johnson* – Presses & pumps

VITICULTURE TRACK

6:00-7:00 Tony Wolf* – Vineyard floor and vine canopy management
                 strategies to promote wine quality potential
7:00-8:00 Fritz Westover* – What are your grape leaves telling you: how
                 to diagnose and treat leaf disorder symptoms
8:00-9:00 Annie Klodd* – Smart about Soil: Calculating fertilizer rates
                based on soil and foliar tests

THURSDAY, February 11th
4:30-5:30 MGGA Annual Meeting

TASTING ROOM & WINE BUSINESS TRACK
6:00-7:00 Carrie Bonnington – How to market and distribute legally:
                Trade restrictions and the 3 tier system
7:00-8:00 Becky Harris – Building a positive reaction to adversity:
                COVID and craft distilleries
8:00-9:00 Ed Rice – Branding & packaging design for wine

ENOLOGY TRACK
6:00-7:00 Annamarie Howard* – Malolactic fermentation
7:00-8:00 Joe Lutomske* – Closures: Options, performance,
                 environmental impact, and marketability
8:00-9:00 Aude Watrelot* – Rational use of sulfur dioxide in wines

VITICULTURE TRACK
6:00-7:00 Tim Martinson* – Vineyard floor and vine canopy management
                 strategies to promote wine quality potential 
7:00-8:00 Maria Smith* – Frost Protection: What Works?
8:00-9:00 Cain Hickey* – Fruit zone management theory and practice in
                humid regions

 

         * Speaker Biographies



 This conference is made possible by the Minnesota Grape Growers  Association
and the University of Minnesota!

   

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