The
Wine Grape Action 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
:
Bruce Bordelon
Viticulture Professor
Christian Butzke
Enology Professor
Jill Blume
Enology Specialist
Jeanette Merritt
Marketing Specialist
Wine Grape Action Team Extension Publications:
Wine Aroma Descriptor Manual
(
Christian Butzke
)
Commodity Storage Manual: Wines
(
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 Wine Grape Action Team:
2010 Wine Grape Action Team Spring Workshop “
Grape Pruning
”
Date & Time: Friday, March 19
-
2:00 pm
Location:
SW Purdue Ag Center
, 4669 N Purdue Road, Vincennes
Program
(
Bruce Bordelon
)
2010 Wine Grape Action Team Spring Workshop “
Bottling Shock
”
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 16
-
10:00 am
Host:
Brown County Winery
, 4520 SR 46 E, Nashville
Program
(
Christian Butzke
)
Registration
(
Jill Blume
)
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
20
10
Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
Sacramento Convention Center, CA
(
Christian Butzke
)
2010
Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show
Grape & Wine Symposium Keynote Speaker: Robert Wersen, President -
Tassel Ridge Winery
Wine Filtration Workshop
(
Christian Butzke
)
2009 Wine Grape Action Team Fall Workshop “
Boot Camp for Small Scale Commercial Winemaking
“
Resources for Startup Wineries
34
th
Annual Conference of the ASEV Eastern Section
Program
(
Christian Butzke
)
60
th
Annual Meeting of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture
Wine Grape Action Team member elected President of ASEV
(
Christian Butzke
)
Program
(
Christian Butzke
)
Cabernet Symposium
(
Christian Butzke
)
High Brix Winemaking Symposium
(
Christian Butzke
)
2009
Indy International Wine Competition
Press Release
(
Jeanette Merritt
)
Trophy and Medal Winners
Indyinternational.org
(
Jill Blume
&
Christian Butzke
)
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
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
5
th
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
)
59
th
Annual Meeting 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
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
Press Release
(
Jeanette Merritt
)
Trophy and Medal Winners
2007
Summer Grape and Wine Workshop
Maymester in Italy
(
Jill Blume
)
INDIANA WINEGROWERS GUILD Meeting
(IWGG President:
Larry Satek
)
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
Residual Sugar Color Chart
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
)