Web links
Cornell's Tree Fruit and Berry Pathology Web site--berry crop links
Systematic
Development of Grapevine Training Systems - Years 1 to 5 is a pdf file
which illustrates grapevine training.
Professional
Friends of Wine is a site with diverse information about wine; Wine 101
is especially instructive about the history and horticulture of wine
WinePress
U.S. provides information on home wine making and grape growing; includes
an active discussion forum
Ohio
Grape Web Resources on the Net has many links to grape and wine information
Weekend
Winery is a site dedicated to providing links to wineries and other sources
of wine information
The Texas
Winegrape Network is a wealth of resources about growing grapes
grapesrus
on Yahoo! groups lists a number of regional, state, and local winery/grape
growers' associations
Chrysalis Vineyards' Web site has information
on the history of the 'Norton'
grape, also known as 'Cynthiana'
Virtual
Winery System (VWS) was designed to forecast the financial position and
resource requirements of a winery operation; the model creates a detailed
financial forecast for five years (Year 1 - Monthly, Years 2 and 3 - quarterly,
and Years 4 and 5 - annually)
WorldClimate.com
contains over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather averages)
from a wide range of sources; easy to look up average rainfall, average temperatures,
heating and cooling degree days; unfortunately, doesn't show growing degree
days
Wallick
Post and Lumber, Inc. is a company in Peru, IN which is a wholesale distributor
of wood products, including vineyard posts
A
& P Ag Structures is a company that manufactures trellises for wine
grapes, table grapes, and raisin grapes
Viticulture
Site Suitability in North Carolina is a site that assists in making a
decision about what kind of grapes to grow in various parts of that state;
the principles of site selection and impressive maps of site suitability are
instructive for many regions
Aboutproduce.com
is a site with lots of information about all kinds of produce, including grapes;
good details such as nutritional value and seasonal availability
WinerySite.com
is a Web site with classified advertising related to vineyard and winery equipment,
supplies and service providers, bulk wine, grapes and wine industry jobs
Supergigantic
Y2K Winegrape Glossary is equivalent to about 140 pages of hard-copy text;
quite extensive
Grape
Information posted by Mark Longstroth of Michigan State University Extension
explains the grape industry in that state
Commercial
Small Fruit & Grape Spray Guide for several midwestern states is on-line
USDA
Hardiness Zone Maps is part of the growit.com site, which has extensive
horticultural information
WindWater
is a grape rootstock nursery in MN that offers several different winter-hardy
rootstocks
1776
is a restaurant in Crystal Lake, IL with a Web site; the restaurant features
many different wines; has a link to a local winery; site includes a weekly
wine column
T.V.
Munson Memorial Vineyard & Viticulture/Enology Center is a site maintained
by Grayson County College, Denison, TX
New
Zealand's Lincoln University Viticulture and Oenology Web site describes
their work with the viticulture industry; site has a good set of wine-related
links
Clos
Pepe's grape suckering, shoot positioning, leaf removal & fruit set photos
and explanations from Santa Barbara County, CA
University
of Illinois provides several fact sheets (in pdf format); black rot and
downy mildew on grapes, as well as other small fruits fact sheets are available
Mid-Atlantic
Winegrape Grower's Guide from North Carolina Cooperative Extension (in
pdf format) is a 127-page award-winning publication
Small
Fruit Nursery Guide provides information about sources of small fruit
plants (includes mailing addresses, phone numbers, and Web links)
VITIS-VEA
is an international English-language literature database in the field of viticulture
California
Grapes Online is designed to provide useful information about the many
varieties of table grapes from California
GrapeTalk
is an Internet information source for grape growers
NRES
261 Small Fruits and Viticulture course at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
History
of Wine is presented by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology
Vineyard
Supplies, Nurseries, and References is a listing developed for the North
Carolina Grape and Wine site
Paradise
Ranch Vineyards in British Columbia has extensive information about viticulture,
inlcuding managing nutrient deficiencies, estimating crop size, and using
grow tubes
Stark
Bro's has a brief fact sheet on growing grapes
Grapes:
Cultivars, Training, and Pruning is a fact sheet from University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bunch
Grapes in the Home Garden is a fact sheet from North Carolina State University
Insects
reported on grapes in North Carolina
The Grape
Research Branch of Ohio State University conducts research on entomology
and pathology topics, and evaluates cultivars and rootstocks
The
Dole 5 A Day site has information about nutritional values of fruits and
vegetables
USDA
Plant Hardiness Zone Map is interactive on the Web!
Strat's
Place concerns itself with wine, gardening, and the arts
Wine-Art
is an online store for wine- and beer-making supplies
Wines,
Beers, and Spirits of the Net links to online resources devoted to wines,
beers and spirits, largely from the Internet but also from commercial suppliers
Virtual
Vineyards is a commercial site which describes wines, foods, and gifts
Wollersheim
Winery, with extensive information about the winery and their procedure
for establishing and training grapevines
Tutorial
on apple grafting, part of NRES103 at the University of Illinois, shows
steps in grafting
Illinois
Fruit and Vegetable News online newsletter from the University of Illinois
Midwest
Small Fruit and Grape Net from Ohio State University is the source for
information on management, commercial production, harvesting, and marketing
of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, highbush blueberries, and grapes
Online
Grape Database from Ohio State University has historical trends in grape
production U.S. and Ohio (1960-1995)
The
Northwest Berry and Grape Information Net has excellent information about
horticultural crops, including grapes, and their management and marketing
Indiana
Wine Grape Council (established in 1989 by the Indiana General Assembly)
has the goal to enhance economic development in Indiana by establishing a
successful wine grape industry through research and marketing
WineBiz
Pages have information about wines and the wine business
Wine
Guide has information about US and international wines on the Web and
links to grape resources
The
American Viticulture and Enology Research Network has the mission "to
enhance the health and international competitiveness of American wine and
grape producers via a national research network that will develop and link
the funding and human resources to put the U.S. at the leading edge of viticulture
and enology applied technology and fundamental research, to benefit our industry,
our customers and the U.S. economy"
Chicago
Wine School offers students a variety of 5-week courses and single-session
seminars to convey information in a manner that neither intimidates nor confuses.
Unifruco's
Fruit Web has excellent grape cultivar descriptions and grape nutrition
information (this information is from South Africa, so cultivars will differ
from those grown in the midwest USA)
Italian
wines on the Web has information on wine grapes, grape-growing regions,
wines, and a FAQ section
Images
of grapes and vineyards in California
Texas
A&M's Online Fruit Disease Handbook--Fruits
Growing
Grapes in the Home Fruit Planting, a fact sheet from the Ohio State University