2024 Show Me Grape and Wine Conference and Symposium

March 13–14, 2024
Hampton Inn at the University of Missouri, Columbia

The 9th annual Show Me Grape and Wine Conference was held Wednesday, March 13, through Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Beginner Grape School was Friday, March 15, 2025.

The Show Me Grape and Wine Conference and Beginner Grape School are supported by the Missouri Wine and Grape Board and University of Missouri Extension.

Grape and Wine Conference and Symposium

Conference Speakers and Presentations:

ATC: Alcohol licensing and case management solution
Christin Templeton, Chief of Enforcement, ATC and Kristen Cole, Director of Finance and Compliance, ATC
Understanding and leveraging AI for your industry
Darren Ison, Director of Information Technology, Explore St. Louis
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program-NAP
Kendra McKinnis, Safety Net Program Specialist, Missouri Farm Service Agency
New Wine Grape Cultivars for Warm-growing Regions from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Renee Threlfall, University of Arkansas

Using Non-Saccharomyces Yeast for pH Reduction during Wine Fermentations of Chambourcin Grapes from a Warm Growing Region
Amanda Fleming, Ph.D. candidate University of Arkansas Dr. Renee T. Threlfall, Research Scientist Food Science Department, University of Arkansas, System Division of Agriculture
The Impact of Microbial Activity on the Chemical Composition and Aroma Profile of Traditional Sparkling Wines
Stephan Sommer and Connie Liu,
Grape and Wine Institute-University of Missouri
Norton and Cynthiana: history, lineage, genetic relationship and of course the wine
Dean Volenberg. Grape and Wine Institute-University of Missouri
Missouri Wine News you can use
Jim Anderson, Executive Director Missouri Wines and Annette Alden, Missouri Wines Marketing Director

Panel Discussion on Sparkling Wines

Symposium Speakers and Presentations:

Grapevine vein clearing virus: Determining the incidence of GVCV during the year of establishment
Jim Schoelz and Dean Volenberg. Division of Plant Science and Technology and Grape and Wine Institute-University of Missouri
New Techniques to Study Macromolecular Interactions in Wine
Olivia Burken and Stephan Sommer. Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences-University of Missouri
Survey of weeds in MO vineyards, development of an integrated (PRE and POST herbicide) weed management strategy
Reid Smeda and Michelle Maile. Division of Plant Science and Technology
The Native Vines: An Exploration of Pre-Prohibition Missouri Winemaking and Grape Growing and the Future of Heritage Cultivars
Nathan Held, Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Inte grative Plant Science Professional Masters
Distribution patterns of crown gall bacteria in Missouri vineyard and non-vineyard soils
Jacquelyn Wray, Sylvia Petersen, and Wenping Qiu. Center for Grapevine Bio technology, the W. H. Darr College of Agriculture, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA
Developing Onsite Detection Methods for Grapevine Vein Clearing Virus and Grapevine Red Blotch Virus
Gregory Bryce Goodlett, Sylvia Petersen, and Wenping Qiu. Center for Grape vine Biotechnology, the W. H. Darr College of Agriculture, Missouri State Univer sity, Springfield, MO 65897, USA
Using marker assisted selection to evaluate interspecific cultivars for disease resistance
Chin-Feng Hwang. Missouri State University

Beginner Grape School
March 15, 2024

Instructors:
Dean Volenberg, Viticulture Extension Leader

and
Stephan Sommer, Enology Extension Leader
Topics

  • Markets and Costs of Establishment
  • Winemaking for Grape Growers I
  • Winemaking for Grape Growers II
  • Site Selection and Successful Vineyard Establishment
  • Grape Insect Pests and Management
  • Grape Diseases and Management
  • Managing non-bearing grapevines
  • Managing bearing grapevines
  • Q & A