The WAB granted me a travel grant of $500 to spend two weeks visiting Helmut Becker at Geisenheim, Germany; Norbert Becker in Freiburg, Germany; Pierre Huglin and Christophe Schneider at Colmar, France; Raymond Bernard and Pierre Dupuy in Dijon, France; and Alain Carbonneau at Bordeaux, France. A full and quite...
This summer Dr. Nelson Shaulis, from Cornell University, was invited to visit Oregon as a consultant and lecturer. His visit was sponsored by the Sokol Foundation, Oregon State University, and the Oregon Wine Advisory Board. Dr. Shaulis visited 21 vineyards with Steve Price and myself in 8 viticulture areas during...
Introduction of new winegrape varieties and clones of important commercial varieties in Oregon. zEvaluation of vine and grape characteristics of selected varieties. zEvaluation of phylloxera resistant rootstocks.
The Oregon Foundation Seed & Plant Materials Project (FS&PMP) is charged with maintaining, increasing, and distributing early generation planting stock of grains, grasses, legumes, potatoes, grapes, and mint to Oregon growers. Early generation seed and plant materials are released to Foundation seed programs for the production of the Foundation class...
The Oregon wine industry is based on a relatively narrow genetic base of grape varieties -and clones. Diversifying varieties that are currently in commercial production by introducing and testing new clones will broaden the scope of those varieties and provide added complexity to the wines. New varieties will expand the...
Pinot noir research in Oregon is aimed at improving wine quality and production and at increasing the diversity of virus-free clonal material available to our wine industry. Numerous clones of Pinot noir have been identified in France where the cultivar is known for its wide range of genetic variability. Because...
The 18 winegrape varieties in this trial were in sixth leaf in 1995. Vines were pruned in February to either a Scott Henry (3-4 permanent arms on a vertical trellis using two fruiting wires 12 inches apart at 30 and 42 inch height) plus 2 extra disposal canes on some...
The 18 winegrape varieties in this trial were in fifth leaf in 1994. Vines were pruned in February to either a Scott Henry (4 arms on a vertical trellis using two fruiting wires 12 inches apart at 30 and 42 inch height) or a guyot (a double arm on a...
Four year old vines of 18 varieties were cane pruned, trained to a Scott Henry, thinned before veraison, and harvested in October and November 1993. Two of the varieties, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, were used as standards. Only four varieties were spur pruned to reduce cropping or cluster size: Dolcetto,...