Program Schedule
Thursday-Friday, November 9-10
Breeding and Growing Grapes in Minnesota
Tom Plocher, Northern Winework, Inc. Hugo, Minnesota, USA
Cold Hardy Grapes in the Collection at Samachvalovichy
Vladimir Ustinov, Grape breeder, Belarussian Federal Research Center, Samochvalovichy, Minsk, Belarus
Did Leiv Eirikson find grapes in Vineland?
Hans Rosenfeld, As, Norway
Grapes in Estonia
Jaan Kivistik, Instructor, Rapina School of Horticulture, Rapina, Estonia
Harri Poom, Saare- Torvaaugu Farm, Vandra, Estonia
Grapegrowing and Winemaking in Poland
Jerzy Siemaszko, Suwalki, Poland
Grapegrowing in Latvia
Gvido Dobelis, President, Latvian Grape Growers Association, Riga, Latvia
Growing Vines in Norway?
Arild Syversen, Asker, Norway
History of Grape Breeding at Novocherkask and Current Activity
Svetlana KrasoKhina, Grape Breeder and Viticultureist, Russian Horthicultreu Institute, Novocherkask, Russia
Review of the Center and also the breeding work of R. F. Sharov
Tamara Yashchenko, Viticulturist, Center for Siberian Viticulture, Biisk, Altai, Russia
Sweden
Lauri Pappinen, Gute Vingord, Gotland, Sweden
The Quebec Experiment
Alain Breault, A&M Viticulture Inc. St. Paul Abbotsford, Quebec, Canada
Varieties for wine – Amurensis based varieties
Gvido Dobelis, President, Latvian Grape Growers Association, Riga, Latvia
Video of New Grape Varieties Developed at My Vineyard in Eastern Latvia
Andrash Fazekash, Grape Breeder, Madonas, Latvia
Viticulture in Finland
Meeri Saario, Lohja, Finland
Viticulture in Northern China : Inner Mongolia, jiin, Heilongjiang
Tom Plocher, Northern Winework, Inc. Hugo, Minnesota, USA
Winegrowing in Denmark
Peter Lorenzen, Conslltant and Pesident, Danish Winegrowers Association, Odense, Denmark
Wine Production in North Eastern Germany – Strategies to Prevent Vineyards from Damages Caused by Late Frost
Results of Frost Experiments
Gerhard Flick, Prof.. Hochschule Neubrandenburg, Germany
Friday, November 10
Winemakers’ Winetasting Event
Wines presented and discussed:
- Tom Plocher, USA: Hasansky Sladki (carbonic maceration)
- Jerzy Siemaszko, Poland: Rondo
- Lauri Pappinen, Sweden: Rondo
- Andris Dishlers, Latvia: Zilga