VASCM: ASEV Conference June 24-28 in Monterey

[Mary Lindsay, Muns Vineyard]

The 64th ASEV (American Society for Enology and Viticulture) will be 
held June 24-28, this year in Monterey.

The program includes a Rootstock Symposium, and a Symposium on Tannins, 
as well as other industry presentations. You can see the complete 
program and registration details at asev.org.

Please note that the VASCM is planning a program on water use and 
conservation in the hopefully next couple of months. This will include 
clarification about the Central Coast Ag Waiver which is currently being 
implemented, and its implications for everyone. Some of you in the 
watershed feeding Monterey Bay may have already been contacted by the 
Water Board about this waiver.  More about this later.

More about the ASEV Conference:

The Rootstock Symposium on Tuesday will address every aspect of this 
vital topic with a strong panel of international speakers addressing the 
physiology, breeding, evaluation and performance of grapevine rootstocks 
throughout the world. Presentations will include focus on the 
physiological mechanisms responsible for rootstock pest, disease and 
stress resistance, the direct and indirect effects of rootstocks on vine 
physiology and fruit and wine composition, current rootstock use and 
adaptation, the resistance of traditional and newly released rootstocks 
to specific nematode species and host-races, rootstock genetics and 
breeding, rootstock x scion interactions and rootstock implications for 
vineyard design.

/Speakers:
/*Luigi Bavaresco, *Centro di Ricerca per la Viticoltura (CRA), Italy
*Larry Bettiga,* University of California Cooperative Extension, 
Monterey County
*Nick Dokoozlian,* E&J Gallo, California
*G. Stanley Howell,* Michigan State University, East Lansing
*Markus Keller,* Washington State University, Prosser
*Jean-Jacques Lambert,* University of California, Davis
*Nathalie Ollat,* Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 
France
*Antonino Pisciotta,* University of Palermo, Italy
*Andrew Walker, *University of California, Davis
*Rob Walker,* CSIRO Plant Industry -- Waite Campus, Australia
*Jim Wolpert,* University of California, Davis


The Tannin Symposium on Friday will provide an update on recent 
technical progress on grape and wine tannins. This symposium will offer 
a broad range of interest to members of our industry and academia with a 
number of speakers internationally recognized for their work. The last 
time a symposium on this topic was held was at the ASEV 2006 national 
conference held in Seattle, WA.

The symposium will include a brief overview of tannin chemistry to 
provide the audience with a fundamental understanding of the chemistry 
of these compounds and the format of the presentations. The vineyard and 
winery management of tannins with a particular focus on practical 
aspects will be addressed. A panel consisting of winemakers and growers 
will provide input with several keynote speakers. The novel aspect of 
this symposium is the inclusion of a "Mysteries of Red Wine Tannins" 
portion that was created to allow the audience to learn about the 
current challenges of tannin chemistry and how these problems are 
changing winemaking and viticulture practices.

*Note: you must be 21 or older to register for this symposium.*

/Speakers:/
*Eric Baugher,* Ridge Vineyards, California
*Keren Bindon,* Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), Australia
*Veronique Cheynier,* Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique 
(INRA), France
*Michael T. Cleary,* E&J Gallo Winery, California
*Tom Collins,* Treasury Wine Estates, California
*Mark Downey,* Department of Primary Industries, Australia
*Uli Fischer,* Kompetenzzentrum Weinforschung -- Center for Wine 
Research, Germany
*Jim Harbertson,* Washington State University, Prosser
*Jim Kennedy,* California State University, Fresno
*Joshua Maloney,* Milbrandt Vineyards, Washington
*Russell Smithyman,* St. Michelle Wine Estates, Washington
*Andrew Waterhouse,* University of California, Davis


Regards,
Mary Lindsay
Muns Vineyard
VASCM
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