Registration is now open for the second Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Viticulture and Enology Research Symposium to be held on Dec. 8 in Bryan-College Station.
Grapes on a vine at a vineyard. Vineyard management is among the topics featured during the Viticulture and Enology Research Symposium Dec. 8 in College Station.
The latest research updates from Texas A&M AgriLife will be featured during the Viticulture and Enology Research Symposium Dec. 8 in College Station. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)
The AgriLife Extension viticulture and enology programs are based in the Department of Horticultural Sciences within the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The symposium will be from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Hildebrand Equine Complex, 3240 F&B Road. Registration cost is $100 per person or $150 per couple. Space is limited to the first 120 people. To register, visit https://tx.ag/2023ViticultureSymposium.
The symposium will feature the latest research update from the vineyards to winery to customer insights. There also will be several opportunities for participants to network with researchers and industry professionals during the event.
There will be a special flash talk session where graduate students will have a short amount of time to share their research and a special research wine tasting will be held in the afternoon. The symposium will also include a wine industry social and lunch.
Symposium topics and speakers
The symposium begins with a welcome from Amit Dhingra, Ph.D., professor and department head, Department of Horticultural Sciences, and Larry Stein, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulturist, Uvalde.
Specific topics discussed during the symposium by members of the Department of Horticultural Sciences will include the following:
Evaluating use of vine shelters to reduce cold injury in new vineyards – Michael Cook, AgriLife Extension program specialist, Denton.
Soil physiochemical properties and topographic attributes for prcision viticulture – Danny Hillin, AgriLife Extension program specialist, Lubbock.
Vineyard equipment sharing costs and risks – Fran Pontasch, AgriLife Extension program specialist, Bryan-College Station.
Update on current enology research in Texas – Andreea Botezatu, Ph.D., associate professor and AgriLife Extension enology specialist, Bryan-College Station.
Biochar – A panacea for agriculture or just carbon? – Dhingra.
Tissue decontamination for nutrient analysis – Justin Scheiner, Ph.D., associate professor and AgriLife Extension viticulture specialist, Bryan-College Station.
Efficacy of phage control of Pierce’s Disease in Texas vineyards – Jacy Lewis, AgriLife Extension Viticulture and Fruit Lab program coordinator/manager, Fredericksburg.
Understanding the dollar costs of viticulture/enology research – Botezatu.
Current and historical availability and access to applied research opportunities – Stein.
New viticulture specialist for the High Plains – Patrick O’Brien, assistant profssor and AgriLife Extension specialist, Bryan-College Station.
For more information, contact Botezatu at andreea.botezatu@ag.tamu.edu
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