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NEWS OF GRAPES AND WINES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA ASEV-ES to Convene in Traverse City T Annual conference and symposium begins with tour of Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula wine region raverse City, Mich.—This year, the aSeV-eastern Section conference and symposium will be held July 16-19 in Traverse City, Mich. The July 16 pre-conference tour will make stops at vineyards and wineries on the leelanau peninsula and include Bel lago Vineyard & Winery, Black Star farms, Cha- teau fontaine, l. Mawby and Shady lane Cellars. The pre-conference tour is an op- portunity to interact with other growers and winemakers as well as professors who can provide different perspectives about issues confronting vineyards and/or wineries. Two days of technical sessions and student papers will be followed by the International Symposium on Sparkling Wine WI Lake Michigan EAST Traverse City ASEV-ES MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Detroit production on July 19. The symposium will feature speakers from California, Michigan and Washington state, england and france. IL IN OH winesandvines.com Learn more: Search keyword "ASEV-ES." Lake Huron ON On the night of July 17, viticulture and enology students will compete in the second "Oenolympics." dr. anna Katharine Mansfield will again be the mistress of ceremonies, and Snl hopefuls hans Walter-peterson and fritz West over will entertain attendees while the teams undertake different wine-related chal- lenging tasks. In 2011, those feats included opening wine bottles with non-traditional uncorking implements, siphoning wine from a jug to six bottles and then corking the bottles, and spitting wine accurately into a pitcher with each successive team member moving farther away from the pitcher. for more information about the aSeV-eS meeting, visit asev-es.org. —Linda Jones McKee HEADLINES p59 WINE IN PRINT p61 WHAT'S NEW IN RESEARCH p63 m o – Mist Sprayers – C American Made Low Maintenance High Performance Excellent for spraying: VINEYARDS, vegetables, orchards, nurseries, Christmas trees, mosquitoes, cattle, chicken houses, etc. 7240 County Road AA, Quinter, KS 67752 For free brochure contact: Swihart Sales Co. Motor Models available We offer a complete line of low volume mist blowers. References available in your area 785-754-3513 or 800-864-4595 www.swihart-sales.com Wines & Vines JULY 2012 59 y S n a a e l p s