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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:

 

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

*    Try On Traminette campaign

Press coverage:

*    Wineries promote Traminette as signature Indiana wine

*    Indiana wine industry pops the cork on new signature wine

*    State selects signature wine

*    Traminette selected as state's signature Wine

*    Indiana gets its own wine

*    State will market signature wine

*    Indiana wine industry selects turkey friendly Gewürztraminer hybrid as state's 1st signature wine

 

*  2010 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

*    January 26-28, Sacramento Convention Center, CA  (Christian Butzke)

 

*  2010 Indiana Horticultural Congress & Trade Show

*    January 19-21, Wyndham Hotel, Indianapolis, IN  (Purdue Wine Grape Action Team)

*    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

 

*  34th Annual Conference of the ASEV Eastern Section

*    Program  (Christian Butzke)

 

*  60th 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

 

*  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 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)