Event Date
On The Road programs are educational seminars that help us to communicate with the California grape and wine industries by bringing faculty to different regions of California. We present relevant topics or current research and, at the same time, listen to the issues that are important to grape-growing and winemaking professionals.
DATE AND TIME
Tuesday, April 22, 9 AM - 1 PM
LOCATION
Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, 2555 Main St, St Helena, CA 94574
COST
Napa Valley Vintners members: $75
General Public: $90
(includes lunch)
Confirmed presenters and topics include:
8:30 AM
Registration, Coffee & Pastries
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Karen L. Block, Director of Industry Relations, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
9:10 AM
Challenges and opportunities for red blotch disease management
Monica Cooper, Director and ANR Viticulture Advisor, UCCE Napa County
9:40 AM
How to do sensory evaluation with limited resources
Hildegarde Heymann, Distinguished Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
10:10 AM
Vineyard floor management practices and heat resilience
Beth Forrestel, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
10:40 AM
BREAK
10:50 AM
Seeing through the smoke: strategies for risk assessment
Arran Rumbaugh, Research Chemist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit
11:20 AM
Site-specific winemaking: identification of correlations between mineral profile and key sensory molecules
Ron Runnebaum, Associate Professor, Departments of Viticulture & Enology and Chemical Engineering, UC Davis
11:50 AM
Department update/ ID and characterization of native California yeast strains
Ben Montpetit, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
12:20 PM
Q&A and Wrap-Up
12:30 PM
LUNCH