Eastern Viticulture Workshop

We recently received some information regarding a workshop to be held in Connecticut convened by Dr. William Nail of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Here are the details:
EASTERN VITICULTURE WORKSHOP Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Hilton Hotel, Mystic, CT
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council, the USDA Risk Management Agency, and the University of Rhode Island are hosting a viticulture and enology workshop on Tuesday, November 13 at the Hilton Hotel in Mystic, CT. We will have some of the preeminent scientists in the field gathered for a project meeting, and we are unlikely to have such a “dream team” assembled in New England in the foreseeable future, so I hope we get a good turnout for such a unique event. The speakers have well over 100 years of combined experience in viticulture and enology. I strongly encourage multiple representatives from vineyards and wineries.
The registration fee is $60, and includes lunch and break refreshments in the morning and afternoon.
The final schedule and titles are subject to change, but confirmed speakers and approximate topics are:
8:30     William Nail---The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
          Welcome and introduction
8:45     Dr. Paul Read---University of Nebraska
          Fifteen Years of Evaluating Cold-Hardy Grapes
9:30     Ms. Sue Sim---Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis
          The National Clean Plant Network
10:15-10-30  Break
1030-11:15   Dr. Bruce Reisch---Cornell University
          Breeding New Cultivars for Cool Climates
1:15-12:00    Dr. Imed Dami---The Ohio State University
          Cold Hardiness and Winter Protection
12:00-1:00   Lunch
1:00-1:45    Charlie Koines---University of Rhode Island
          Risk Management and Crop Insurance Programs
1:45-2:30     Dr. Sara Spayd---North Carolina State University
          Nitrogen Nutrition in Fermentation
2:30-2:45     Break
2:45-3:30     Dr. Tim Martinson--- Cornell University
          The Northern Grapes Project
3:30-4:15     Dr. Paul Domoto---Iowa State University
          Grapevine Nutrition
The registration deadline has passed, but you can still come and pay at the door, but please e-mail your registration form in ASAP or e-mail me to let me (William Nail, information follows) know that you will be coming, as we have to let the hotel know final head-count by Thursday, Nov. 8.
I hope to see as many of you as possible next Tuesday!
Thanks,
Bill
William R. Nail, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist II
Department of Forestry and Horticulture
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106
New Haven, CT  06504
(203)   974-8491
FAX   (203)   974-8502
Many thanks to the Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council, the University of Rhode Island, and the USDA-Risk Management Agency for their sponsorship and support.