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2011 Review - Baltimore (Towson), Maryland

The following is from the July 22, 2011 article titled Eastern U.S. Wine Industry Meets – ASEV's Eastern Section takes on stink bugs, winemaking and grapegrowing
by Linda Jones McKee and Hudson Cattell
Oenol-Entertainers
Oenol-Entertainers: (left to right)
Hans Walter-Peterson, Anna Katharine Mansfield and Fritz Westover get the crowd warmed up at the Oenolympics.

Annual Meeting Review

Pest management joined winemaking and grapegrowing on the agenda at the American Society for Enology and Viticulture’s 36th annual Eastern Section conference held July 11-14 in Baltimore, MD. “Pest Management Symposium: Impacts in the Vineyard and Winery” took aim at a wide variety of pests and problems from grapevine yellows to leafroll to late-season fruit rots and stink bugs.

At the section’s annual banquet, Dr. Bruce W. Zoecklein, emeritus professor of Food Science and Technology at Virginia Tech, received the Eastern Section’s Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of his distinguished career in Missouri and Virginia. The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Lallemand Inc. in gratitude for sponsoring the student paper competition for many years. Clayton Cone accepted on behalf of Lallemand.

ASEV’s Eastern Section has always emphasized participation of enology and viticulture students from the colleges and universities throughout the East that train future industry leaders. Scholarships honor top students, and students are encouraged to present their research in the student paper competition during the conference.

Eight $1,000 student scholarships were awarded this year. Recipients were: Patricia Chalfant and Yi Zhang (Ohio State University) , Celine Coquard-Lenerz, Mark Nisbet and Imelda Ryona (Cornell University), Cain Hickey (Virginia Tech), Lydia Rice (University of Arkansas), Amanda Stewart (Purdue).

The student paper competition, sponsored by Lallemand Inc. and National Grape Cooperative, awarded $500 each to Patricia Chalfant and Vinay Pagay (student at Cornell University).

During the conference, teams of students competed in an inaugural Oenolympics, cheered on by their professors and other attendees. Under the guidance of Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield, toga-wrapped “wine goddess,” and entertained by SNL hopefuls Hans Walter-Peterson and Fritz Westover, teams mixed from various schools undertook four wine-related challenging tasks.

Oenolympics Challenge
The winning team participates in the first Oenolympics challenge: uncorking bottles using non-traditional uncorking implements.

Results of elections for the coming year were announced at the annual business meeting. Hans Walter-Peterson (Cornell Cooperative Extension) was installed as the chairperson for 2011-12; this year’s chair, Imed Dami (Ohio State University) remains on the board of directors as past chairperson. Fritz Westover (Texas A&M) becomes chairperson-elect. Three new directors were elected: Katie Cook (University of Minnesota); Jodi Cresap-Gee (Cornell Cooperative Extension) and Paolo Sabbatini (Michigan State University). Kevin Ker (KCMS Applied Research and Consulting) was re-elected.