What's Inside

August 2009

Minnesota State Fair
Agriculture Horticulture Building

Wine Garden

Classes for amateur fruit growers including, but not limited to, apples, plums, grapes, pears, and peaches; and amateur wine producers including red, white, and rose grape table wines, apple, cherry or other berry wines.

Wine Garden

Annual amateur and professional winemaking competition

International Cold Climate Wine Competition

Professionally judged wine competition devoted to awarding top quality commercially produced wines made exclusively from cold-hardy grape cultivars. Winning wines will be displayed at the fair.

September 2009

HRC Grape Breeding Project Fall Tour
Horticultural Research Center
600 Arboretum Blvd., Chaska, MN
1.5 miles west of U of M MN Landscape Arboretum
Free to the public. No registration necessary.
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Featuring a free tour of the HRC research vineyards, tips on growing, and trellising techniques for U of M grapes. Enjoy a delightful opportunity to see and taste fruit from many wine and table grape cultivars.

November 2009

Three Rivers Wine Trail Cheese and Chocolate Weekend

Sample a diversity of wine styles and explore the creativity of local cheese and chocolate artisans at six Minnesota wineries located within the Saint Croix, Mississippi, and Cannon River Valleys.

January 2010

Minnesota Grape Growers Association
Annual Meeting & Winter Symposium

February 2010

Minnesota Grape Growers Association
Cold Climate Grape & Wine Conference
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel - Minneapolis South
7800 Normandale Boulevard

Industry oriented meetings, seminars and exhibits focused on the Business of Growing Grapes & Making Wine in the North.

Visit the University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Exhibit to learn about cold hardy grape varieties.

Twin Cities Food & Wine Experience
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN

A consumer sipping and sampling treat! Increase your food and wine IQ with help from some of the country's best chefs, authors and wine professionals.

Visit the University of Minnesota Extension Service Exhibit to learn about productive cold hardy grapes developed by the U of M.

Sample excellent wines produced from U of M grapes. Several Minnesota wineries will be pouring wines produced from U of M cultivars in the Taste of Minnesota section.

March 2010

Wineries Unlimited 2009 Trade Show & Conference
Valley Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia, PA

Visit a U of M Licensed Nursery exhibit to learn about and order productive cold hardy varieties developed by the U of M.

Iowa Wine Growers Association Convention
Des Moines, IA

July 2010

American Society for Enology & Viticulture
Annual Conference

Wine Analysis Short Course
Horticultural Research Center Enology Lab
600 Arboretum Blvd, Excelsior, MN