Workshop/Seminar Summaries
Clark quickly recognized the talent of our winemakers and was very enthusiastic about where many were going in terms of quality. He was very excited about our wines, and found that many of those he tasted were showing characters of “mineralty.” The wine literature is a bit conflicting when it comes to the term mineralty, but Clark emphasized that this character showed a freshness in structure, especially in the finish of many white wines.
Level 1 Training of the Pennsylvania Wine Quality Initiative (WQI) focuses on Sensory Evaluation and Wine Defect Identification, Prevention, and Remediation.
This document emphasizes presentations on the NE-1020 varietal trial, a review of the 2011 harvest, and how New Zealand's wine marketing strategies can help Pennsylvania wineries.
Hosted in Waterloo, NY, this workshop focused on tannin development of hybrid varieties, typicity of Riesling, and use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts for fermentation. This document is long, but sectioned by topic and individual talks for convenience.
First annual EWE Conference held in Lancaster, PA. This group of seminars focuses on the use of sanitation in the winery, a look at the Wine Market Council's 2012 report, and new winery technologies.
