WHAT: Anna Katharine Mansfield and Christopher Gerling, two of Cornell University’s leading wine researchers, talk with media members about the best in New York’s wine industry, today and in the future, as featured speakers for Inside Cornell. Joining them will be Brooklyn Oenology founder and Cornell graduate Alie Shaper.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 8, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Cornell’s ILR Conference Center, 16 E. 34th St., Sixth floor, New York City.
Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – With wineries from Long Island to the Finger Lakes gaining international attention, and unprecedented resources being poured into developing the region’s wine industry, the years ahead promise to be very good ones for New York’s winemakers and wine consumers.
On Tuesday, March 8, at the Cornell’s ILR Conference Center on East 34th Street, two researchers helping shape the future of wine in New York – from grapes used in vineyards to vintages enjoyed at dinner tables – and a Brooklyn-based winery founder will talk with media members about the best we can offer the world and enjoy ourselves, today and in the future.
Anna Katharine Mansfield, assistant professor of enology, is one of the lead investigators supervising the recently announced $3.8 million federal grant to develop and promote the East Coast wine industry. This five-year project will bring together viticulturists, enologists, plant pathologists and extension specialists, as well as tap the expertise of economists and marketing experts to raise the region’s wines to new levels. In all, seven East Coast universities will take part.
Chris Gerling, an extension associate at Cornell’s Viticulture and Enology Program, has spent more than a decade working with wine producers in the field to make sure they are benefiting from the latest industry advances. From the North Fork to Niagara, he has helped New York growers determine which grape varieties work best and define the regional identities that create the rich choices now available to consumers.
Joining these researchers to talk about both winemaking and the palette of options available to consumers will be Cornell graduate Alie Shaper, founder of Brooklyn Oenology. This Williamsburg-based urban winery specialized in producing wines from grapes grown in New York State.
About Inside Cornell: This event is part of a monthly series held in New York City featuring high-interest experts working at Cornell University's centers in Ithaca, Manhattan and around the world. The free, catered lunch sessions are on-the-record, and media members are welcome to record video and audio as desired.
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