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Learning Online About Grapes and Wine CCOVI lectures available live online or in archived video t. Catharines, Ontario—Brock University's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute is offering a series of online lectures that cover topics in winemaking, viticulture, marketing and business practices that can be viewed live or downloaded from the CCOVI archive. Dr. Jim Willwerth, viticulturist at Brock University, chose "Coming Out of the Cold: the State of the Vine" as the topic for his March 9 lecture. He reviewed the complex physiological and biochemical changes that take place in grapevines as they transition from a cold-hardy to cold-tender state as winter ends. Willwerth also looked at the current status of the vines as they lose their cold hardiness for potential winter injury due to spring frosts. Dr. Linda Bramble, author, educator and a CCOVI professional affiliate, spoke March 16 about "Why Entrepreneurs Decided to S Continuing education coordinator Barb Tatarnic invited CCOVI viticulturist and presenter Jim Willwerth to lecture March 9 about cold-climate winegrowing. Waterloo_Nov10.qxp 8/26/10 11:36 AM Page 1 Regulate Themselves: the Paradoxical Story of VQA." In 1995 the Tory government came into power on a platform that includ- ed deregulating business, but at this time, the wine industry pressed for increased regulation by requesting legislation for a VQA system that would establish guaran- teed minimal standards of wine quality. Other presentations this spring feature Dr. Lester Kwong on "The Pricing of Organic Wines" on April 13 and Dr. Ronald Jackson speaking on "Botrytis—the Jekyll-and-Hyde Fungus" on April 20. Two lectures by research scientists at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Summerland, BC, are scheduled for April 6 ("Science: A Key In- gredient in BC Wine Production") and April 27 ("Using Nitrogen Fertilizers to Increase Grape Quality; Grapevine Trunk Duseases"). Visit brocku.ca/ccovi, click on "Outreach Services" and then "CCOVI Lecture Series." The site has a schedule for lectures online and an archive of videos of previous lec- tures that may be downloaded. —Hudson Cattell WineEast Wines & Vines APRiL 2011 43