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WineEast Eastern Wine Exposition: Bigger and Better in 2014 Events will include live auction to fund scholarships L ancaster, Pa.—Enology and viticulture students across the country will benefit from the latest feature to be added to the special events program of the Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE) scheduled March 3-6. The March 4 "celebration dinner" will include a live auction to benefit the scholarship fund of the American Society for Enology and winesandvines.com Viticulture-Eastern Learn more: Search keywords Section (ASEV-ES), "Eastern Exposition." according to Bob Mignarri, show manager for the conference. Eastern Winery Exposition, which will be held at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pa., is an easternoriented wine industry conference and trade show focused on providing vineyards and wineries in the eastern United States and Canada with a program relevant to their needs and interests. Highlights of the program March 4 and 5 will include two sessions about making better Bordeaux blends, led by a panel of experienced Eastern winemakers; viticulture sessions include topics such as reducing frost damage and new research about cover crops and bird deterrents. Marketing sessions will involve discussions about social media and website design. On March 6, Denise Gardner, Mike Fiore, Jason Grizzanti and Thomas Earl McKenzie will present a workshop about distillation. Also that day Gary Finnan and Elizabeth Need a Better Cork Supplier? All Natural Cork Closures Fresh Corks Directly From Portugal 4th Generation Family Cork Producer Free Branding Free Shipping Free iS Better Ask about our Progressive Discounts Experience the Slimcork® Advantage CALL TODAY phone (203) 681-7743 Cell (860) 335-0667 email: reliablecork@gmail.com www.reliablecorksolutions.com 134 W in es & V i ne s JANUARY 20 14 Early Mountain Vineyards winemaker Steve Monson discusses winemaking technology. Slater will address "four steps to creating the ultimate direct-to-consumer business." Wines & Vines is the official sponsor of the Eastern Winery Exposition. Currently 17 wine-related associations and organizations are supporting sponsors of the conference and offering their members EWE registration discounts. For additional information about the Eastern Winery Exposition, or to register, visit the show's website at easternwineryexposition.com. —Linda Jones McKee (Continued from page 133.) For the past three years, Centinari has been a post-doctoral research scholar at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Her post-doctoral research has focused on the effect of grapevine root-zone management including root pruning and cover crop competition, improving fruit composition, wine quality and reducing production cost. "It's very exciting to go to Pennsylvania," Centinari told Wine East. "I'm looking forward to working with Mark Chien and Denise Gardner. I plan to talk with growers and want to discover what are the issues to address. I know a big problem is spring frost that has resulted in a lot of crop loss. I may look into developing a research program to evaluate protection strategies." Chien, statewide viticulture extension educator for the Penn State Cooperative Extension, served on the search committee for the research position. "We liked the fact that (Centinari) has European experience, is interested in cover crops and also that she is familiar with viticulture problems in the East. She gets to start something brand new here: It's her research program," Chien stated. While Pennsylvania grows approximately 12,100 acres of grapes, most of the acreage is planted with juice grapes in Erie County. About 2,500 acres are now planted in wine grapes, primarily in the southeastern region of the state. Chien hopes Dr. Centinari will be able to address some of the viticultural issues growers face in Pennsylvania, including frost, disease problems and vine diseases. "She may also be able to conduct some rootstock, clonal and density trials in Pennsylvania," he said. —Linda Jones McKee