Tomorrow I will be attending Improving Wine Quality in the Vineyard Seminar hosted by Chemeketa Community College. The main speaker is Dr. Richard Smart. He is the Managing Director of Smart Viticulture, an international vineyard consulting business. He consults in 28 countries, with a specialty of vineyard manipulation of wine quality, and is considered an authority on canopy management. From 1982 to 1990 he was the Government Research Viticulturist for New Zealand. His book “Sunlight into Wine” is recognized world wide. I was lucky enough to work at the same winery as Dr. Richard Smart in Tasmania.
I would see him and his wife day to day at the Tamar Ridge Estate in Kayena, Tasmania. I missed my opportunity to take a picture with him because I was too shy! Tomorrow I will snap a few. His experimental wines at Tamar Ridge were fantastic.
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. Registration and coffee
9:30 a.m. Welcome 9:00 a.m. Registration and coffee
9:40 a.m. Vineyard Factors Affecting Wine Quality
10:20 a.m. Managing Vineyards to Improve Wine Quality by Canopy Management and Irrigation
11:00 a.m. Influence of Vine Vigor on Wine Quality
Noon Lunch provided
1:00 p.m. Managing Vineyards to Improve Wine Quality Using Modern and Old Technology
2:00 p.m. Visit Chemeketa’s teaching vineyard to discuss vineyard attributes and wine quality
4:00 p.m. Tasting of local wines
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