Eastern Winery Exposition

The Eastern Winery Exposition will be held on March 7-8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My husband and I will be going there since we are in Connecticut and this exposition will address vineyard and wineries in the Eastern U.S. There is an article in the February 2012 issue of Wines and Vines giving the details of the Exposition.
The Exposition will cover eastern-oriented enology, viticulture, marketing and economic subjects. There will be two sessions on optimizing varietal fruit character:

• Session focussed on red hybrids:     Ian Barry of Keuka Lacke Vineyards, Brad Knapp of Pennsylvania's Pinnacle Ridge Vineyards, Dr. Joseph Fiola of the University of Maryland Extension and Chris Granstrom of Verment's Lincoln Peak Vineyard will be the speakers.
• Session focussed on Cabernet Franc:     Mark Chien from Penn State Extension and Adam McTaggert from Boxwood Winery are the speakers for this session.

In another session, Lucie Morton will cover vineyard issues such as close vine spacing and cane pruning. Lucie Morton will also moderate a vineyard-spraying workshop with panelists Bryan Hed from Penn State and Dr. Andrew Landers from Cornell University.
Those are some of the highlights of the Exposition. I'll report back on this blog. Stay tuned. Please drop me a line if you will be going there and perhaps we can meet up!