PWGT

ENOLOGY

The Purdue Wine Grape Team is a cooperation between Purdue University’s
Department of Food Science and the Indiana Wine Grape Council to serve
the State’s vintners and growers and help propel the Indiana wine/grape
industry into world-class competitiveness.  The 4-member team is available
at any time to troubleshoot emerging issues in your vineyard and winery:

 

*       Christian Butzke            Enology Professor

*       Bruce Bordelon              Viticulture Professor

*       Jill Blume                         Enology Specialist

*       Jeanette Merritt             Marketing Director

 

Purdue Wine Grape Team Publications:

 

*    Winemaking Problems Solved  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine Appreciation  (Christian Butzke)

 

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Traminette Vineyard Management  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Traminette Winemaking  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Preventing Refermentation  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Wine Storage Guidelines  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Chlorine Use in the Winery  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Cork Quality Control  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Fining with Bentonite  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Treatment of Film Yeasts  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Use of SO2 in High pH Wines  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Wine Barrel Maintenance  (Christian Butzke)

*    Commercial Wine Production Series: Wine Cold Stability Issues  (Christian Butzke)

 

*    Wine Aroma Descriptor Manual  (Christian Butzke)

*    Midwest Grape Production Guide  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Growing Grapes in Indiana  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Grape Varieties for Indiana  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Starting a Commercial Winegrape Vineyard  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Ethyl Carbamate Preventative Action Manual  (Christian Butzke)

*    NOPA Method for Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen  (Christian Butzke)

*    Cork Sensory Quality Control Manual  (Christian Butzke)

 

 

Events organized or contributed to by members of the Purdue Wine Grape Team:

 

 *   2013 PWGT Spring Wine Grape Workshop, March 12, French Lick Winery, West Baden

 

 *   2013 Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

 

 *   2012 PWGT Fall Small Scale Commercial Winemaking Workshop, September 25, Purdue University

 

*   21st INDY International Wine Competition, August 1-3, Purdue University

 

 *   37th Annual Conference of the ASEV-Eastern Section, July 16-19, Traverse City, Michigan

 

*   63rd National Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, June 18-22, Portland, Oregon

 

*  PWGT’s Experiencing the Food, Wine and Culture of Italy – May 14-29 (Christian Butzke)

 

*  1st U.S. National Wine Competition – April 9-12 (Christian Butzke)

 

*  PWGT’s South America for Wine Professionals – March 10-18 (Christian Butzke)

 

*  2012 American Distilling Institute Judging of Craft American Spirits – February 27-28 (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2012 Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

*    Program (Christian Butzke, Bruce Bordelon, Jill Blume & Jeanette Merritt)

*    Revised USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Map (US)

*    Revised USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Map (IN)

*    The Fruit Wine Industry: Production, Marketing and Promotion  (Dominic Rivard, WinePlanet Consulting)

*    The Ultimate Fruit Winemaker's Guide

*    Technical Challenges and Solutions Pertaining to Icewine Production  (Dominic Rivard, WinePlanet Consulting)

 

*   26th Annual Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association Conference

 

*   2011 PWGT Fall Small Scale Commercial Winemaking Workshop

 

*   20th Indy International Wine Competition  (Jill Blume & Christian Butzke)

 

*   36th Annual ASEV-Eastern Section Conference & Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland

 

*   62nd National Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, Monterey, California

 

*   2011 PWGT Spring Wine Grape Workshop

*    Program

*    Hybrid Winemaking Issues  (Christian Butzke)

*    Clean, Sanitized or Sterile?  (Jill Blume)

*    Winemaking Calculations  (Amanda Stewart)

*    Vineyard Talk: Crop Load Assessment & Adjustment  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Winery Safety Walk-Through  (Christian Butzke)

*    Winery Safety Plan Template  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2nd International Wine Microbiology Symposium

*    Program  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2011 Midwest Grape & Wine Conference

*    How to Protect and Extend the Shelf-Life of Your Wines  (Christian Butzke)

*    How to Handle "Native" Species' Winemaking Challenges  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2011 Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

*    Traminette Winemaking Practices  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine Cold Stability Assessments and Techniques  (Christian Butzke)

*    Tartrate Stability  (Bob Kreisher)

 

*   2010 PWGT Fall Workshop: Boot Camp for Small Scale Commercial Winemaking

*    Program

*    Resources for Startup Wineries  (Christian Butzke)

*    Press Coverage

 

*   2010 Indy International Wine Competition – Indyinternational.org

*    Press Releases  (Jeanette Merritt)

*    Trophy and Medal Winners  (Jill Blume & Christian Butzke)

 

*   61st National Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture

 

*   2010 Wine Grape Action Team Spring Bottling Workshop

*    Bottling Shock - A Review of Wine and Equipment Preparation Techniques (Christian Butzke)

*    Images  1  2  3

 

*       2010 Wine Grape Action Team Spring Grape Pruning Workshop

*    Driftwatch.com    Registry of Pesticide-Sensitive Areas (Leighanne Hahn)

 

*      Wine Grape Action Team & Indiana Wine Grape Council launch Indiana’s first signature wine: TRAMINETTE

*    Try On Traminette Campaign
Press coverage:

*    Indiana gets its own wine

*    State selects signature wine

*    Traminette selected as state's signature wine

*    State will market signature wine

 

*   2010 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

 

*   2010 Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

*    Wine Filtration Workshop  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine Filtration Review of Methods and Materials  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2009 Wine Grape Action Team Fall Workshop “Boot Camp For Small Scale Commercial Winemaking“

 

*   34th Annual Conference of the ASEV Eastern Section

 

*   60th National Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture

*    Wine Grape Action Team member elected President of ASEV  (Christian Butzke)

*    Cabernet Symposium  (Christian Butzke)

*    High Brix Winemaking Symposium  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2009 Indy International Wine Competition

*    Trophy and Medal Winners

 

*   2009 New York State Wine Industry Workshop

*    Program  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2009 Wineries Unlimited

*    Workshop "Red Wine Quality and Processing Options"  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2009 Ohio Grape and Wine Conference

*    Wine Bottle Closures  (Christian Butzke)

*    Winemaking Challenges and Opportunities  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2009 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

 

*   2009 Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

*    Establishing a Signature Grape Variety and Wine Style  (Purdue Wine Grape Action Team)

*    Going Green in Your Tasting Room  (Jeanette Merritt)

*    Review of Carbonic Maceration and Nouveau-style Wines  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine Flaw Sensory Evaluation  (Christian Butzke)

*    Enzymes as Tools for the Winemaker  (Russ Robbins)

*    Yeasts as Tools for the Winemaker  (Russ Robbins)

*    Fermentation Handbook  (Michael Jones)

 

*   2008 Berry Sensory Analysis Seminar

*    Program  (Bruce Bordelon)

 

*   2008 Indy International Wine Competition

*    Press Release  (Jeanette Merritt)

*    Trophy and Medal Winners

 

*   5th Joint Burgundy-California-Oregon Winemaking Symposium

*    Program  (Christian Butzke)

*    Climate Structure, Phenology and Change in Pinot Noir Wine Regions  (Greg Jones)

*    Pinot Noir Winemaking in Oregon  (Lynn Penner-Ash & Harry Peterson-Nedry)

*    Oregon Winery Tour Image Archive  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   59th National Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture

*    Program

*    ASEV Membership Application

*    American Society for Enology and Viticulture - National

*    American Society for Enology and Viticulture – Eastern Section

*    American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

*    Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

 

*   2008 Vintage Indiana

*    News Coverage  (Jeanette Merritt)

 

*   2008 Italy for Wine Professionals

*    Image Archive  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2008 Spring Grape and Wine Workshop

*    Acid Management in the Vineyard  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    The Acidity of Hope - pH, Potassium and T.A.  (Christian Butzke)

*    Principles and Practices of Pruning Grapevines  (Bruce Bordelon)

 

*   2008 Wineries Unlimited

*    Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Climate  (Christian Butzke)

*    Enzymes  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2008 Michigan Wine Industry Annual Meeting

*    Program  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine Filtration Workshop – Review of Methods and Materials  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2008 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

*    Reduction Redux: the Good, the Bad and the Nutty  (Christian Butzke)

*    The Closure Issue  (Adrian Coulter - AWRI)

 

*   2007 Indy International Wine Competition

*    Trophy and Medal Winners

 

*   2007 Summer Grape and Wine Workshop

*    Maymester in Italy  (Jill Blume)

*    B.Y.O.W.  (For licensed Indiana wineries only)

*    B.Y.O.W. Wine Evaluation Sheet

 

*   2007 Spring Grape and Wine Workshop

*    Barrel Sanitation  (Christian Butzke)

*    Managing Wine Acidity  (Ellie Butz)

 

*   2007 Wine Grape Symposium @ Indiana Horticultural Congress

     Wine Closure and Packaging Workshop  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine Business Monthly’s Closure Report  (Curtis Phillips)

*    Only the Lone Ranger Had Silver Bullets  (Bruce Scott)

*    Advances in Synthetic Closure Technology  (Jim Cahill)

*    Update on Bag-in-Box Packaging  (Janos Radvanyi)

*    Winemaker’s Perspective on Screw Caps  (Dennis Dunham)

 

*    What can we grow in Indiana?  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Season Review - Indiana's 2006 Vintage  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Establishing a Basement Winery  +Amateur Winemaking Supplies  (Ellie Butz & Jill Blume)

 

*   2006 Fall Grape and Wine Workshop

*    Winemaking Equipment Intro  (Christian Butzke)

*    Begin Fermentation!  (Ellie Butz)

*    Wine Quality Control Basics  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2006 Spring Grape and Wine Workshop

*    Making More $$ In Your Tasting Room  (Jeanette Merritt)

*    IQ - The Indiana Quality Alliance  (Christian Butzke)

*    The Proactive Winery: Lab Quality Management  (Jill Blume)

*    Sulfur Dioxide & Sorbate Management  (Christian Butzke)

*    Grape Acreage & Variety Trends  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Training Systems and Canopy Management  (Patty Skinkis)

 

*   2006 Wine Grape Symposium @ Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

*    Grape Pest Management  (Bruce Bordelon)

*    Wine Quality – The Science of Funk  (Christian Butzke)

*    Exploring the Aroma Potential of Traminette  (Patty Skinkis)

*    The Joy of Malolactic Fermentation  (Ellie Butz)

*    EPA Worker Protection Standards Compliance  (Joe Becovitz)

*    Winery Safety – A Crush Course  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   2005 Spring Grape and Wine Workshop

*    A Fresh Look at the Science and Art of Winemaking  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   Winery Laboratory Information

*    Winery Lab Starter Kit

*    Free SO2@pH Chart  (Christian Butzke)

*    Residual Sugar Color Chart  (Christian Butzke)

 

*   Grape Production and Pest Management Information

*    Dept. of Horticulture Fruit and Vegetable Connection  (Bruce Bordelon)

 

*   Enology Extension Presentations

*    2006 Purdue - Silicon Valley Symposium: Tales from a Boiler/Winemaker  (Christian Butzke)

*    Wine & Global Warming - The Art of Winemaking in an Ever-Changing World  (Christian Butzke)

*    The Science of Closures  (Christian Butzke)

*    Musty Taint in Wine - TCA as a Special Case  (Christian Butzke)

*    Joint Burgundy-California-Oregon Winemaking Symposium  (Christian Butzke)