Outreach Seminar – Balancing Vines and Wines from Coast to Desert
Grapes and wines are grown and made in the Pacific Northwest in extremely diverse environments. Vine balance in Dundee, OR is not necessarily the same as in Prosser, WA, and achieving balance in wines using different varieties grown in warm and cool regions requires different viticulture and winemaking strategies. In addition, cold winter temperatures with the threat of winter injury make even greater demands on wine growers. The goal of this seminar is to compare and contrast grapevine physiology, viticulture, enology, and winemaking practices for a cool-moist region like the Willamette Valley with the warm-dry conditions found in Eastern Washington and Oregon, and the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Given that all of these regions have relatively short growing seasons, how is a shared concept like vine balance different in these diverse wine regions?
Moderator:
Mark Chien, Oregon Wine Research Institute, Corvallis
Speakers:
| Managing Vine Balance for a Short Growing Season and Cold Winter Pat Bowen, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Canada |
| Balancing Wine Tannins in a Warm Climate Jim Harbertson, Washington State University, Tri-Cities |
| Grapevine Water Relations and Irrigation Management Markus Keller, Washington State University, Prosser Yun Zhang, Washington State University, Prosser |
| Canopy Management in Contrasting Climates Michelle Moyer, Washington State University, Prosser Patty Skinkis, Oregon State University, Corvallis |
| Producing Balanced Wines in a Cool Climate James Osborne, Oregon State University, Corvallis |
