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NEWS OF GRAPES AND WINES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA New Eastern Winery Exposition Draws 1,400 L ancaster, Pa.—More than 934 people registered for the Eastern winery Exposition, held March 7 and 8 in lancaster, and total participation includ- ing exhibitors was 1,400. More than 125 people came from new England, just fewer than 200 from new york and new Jersey, and 422 from Pennsylvania. the seminar program organized by rich- ard leahy drew favorable comments about its relevance to growers and winemakers in the east. a session about bird netting and control options, for example, was conducted by speakers with practical experience in Penn- sylvania, new hampshire and Virginia. a ses- sion about optimizing varietal fruit character in hybrid grapes featured speakers from new york, Vermont, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Exposition events were held at the Lan- caster Convention Center and Marriott. the well-known authorities conducting sessions shared perspectives from various geographical areas with attendees. Virginia viticulturist lucie Morton gave two presenta- tions—one about the benefits and mechanics of close vine spacing and cane pruning. EasternWineLab_Mar09.qxp 1/22/09 9:47 AM Page 1 J-l Groux from Ontario's Stratus Vineyards spoke about oak fermentors and barrel management as part of a session about new winemaking technology. Jerry white from new york's cornell university talked about understanding small winery economics. Many veteran winegrowers were in the audi- ence for a session called "newcomer work- shop: Starting Successfully." John kramb, who has been growing grapes for 13 years at adams county winery in Pennsylvania, told wine East, "there's always something new to learn." this session was independent of an all-day "new Grower workshop" conducted by Mark chien of Penn State Extension and Joseph fiola from the university of Maryland. next year's Eastern winery Exposition already is scheduled for March 6-7, 2013. —Hudson Cattell EWE IN REVIEW p58 PRUNING AFTER INJURY p60 EASTERN WINE LABS Serving the Analytical needs of East Coast Wineries WWW.EASTERNWINELABS.COM Ph 609-859-4302 Cell 609-668-2854 chemist@easternwinelabs.com AOAC Member 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 Phone (203) 681-7743 Cell (860) 335-0667 email: reliablecork@gmail.com www.reliablecorksolutions.com 58 Wines & Vines APRiL 2012