Missouri State wines won several awards in competitions this year. Maroon Blend received a Gold Sweepstakes at 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition and at the a Silver and 2013 Best Of Class at the Indy International Wine Competition. Other medals include: Gold for Chambourcin Dessert Wine, Gold for 2012 Pink Catawba and Silver for Cynthiana at the 2013 Mid-American wine … [Read more...] about Wine competition awards
Archives for August 2013
Here are the juice analysis results from the berry samples collected YESTERDAY morning. 8/28/2013 Cultivar TSS pH TA Cayuga White F 14.0 3.02 0.867 Chambourcin F 19.5 2.96 1.216 Chambourcin MVEC 18.7 3.04 1.238 Chardonel F 17.3 3.03 1.185 Concord N 13.1 3.21 0.814 Sunbelt MVEC 15.5 2.98 0.867 Sunbelt … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 2473 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
The Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station participated in Kid Fest, an annual event at the Mountain Grove Fairgrounds. The event was held from 1-5pm. We had two tent displays, one with honey bees managed by John Avery and Susanne Howard and one with general information and a bean bag toss into the mouth of a codling moth or a green June beetle. Shae Honesty and Michael … [Read more...] about KidFest
Here are the results of the juice analysis of the berries collected this morning. 22-Aug-13 °Brix pH TA Cayuga White F 13.4 2.92 0.983 Chardonel F 15.6 2.93 1.399 Sunbelt MVEC 14.4 2.92 0.915 Valvin Muscat MVEC 13.3 3.16 1.103 Vidal Blanc R 18.4 3.12 1.140 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry