[Growwine] Cold Climate Grape Courses

[Lon J. Rombough]

Grape Growers to hold meetings

  The Jamestown Sun
Published Wednesday, April 02, 2008

The North Dakota Grape Growers Association will coordinate two meetings 
in April for education on pruning and care of grape vines in cold 
climate situations. John Marshall from Great River Vineyard/Nursery in 
Lake City, Minn., will provide the education. He has more than 30 years 
of experience in growing cold climate grapes. He is a charter member of 
the Minnesota Grape Growers Association and is currently the editor for 
the MGGA newsletter. Marshall and his wife, Barb, own the Great River 
Vineyard/Nursery and they raise wine and table grapes for commercial 
sale. They specialize in cold climate varieties.

The first meeting is at 9 a.m. Monday in Minot at the North Central 
Research Extension Center (5400 Highway 83 South).

The second meeting will be held Tuesday. The meeting will start at 9:30 
a.m. and will be held at the Community Center in downtown Buffalo, N.D.

The program for the two days will be as follows: 9 a.m. at Minot (9:30 
a.m. at Buffalo): coffee and rolls served, planting grapes will be 
discussed.

Starting at 9:30 a.m. at Minot (10 a.m. at Buffalo), topics to be 
addressed are training young vines, trellising, pruning (power point 
presentation) and varieties for cold climates and discussion of 
potential grape varieties in North Dakota.

Lunch is at noon.

At 1 p.m. at Burlington, N.D., Pointe of View Winery and Vineyard (1:30 
p.m. at Red Trail Vineyard which is southeast of Buffalo), a 
discussion, training and hands on pruning of grape vines are planned.

The Train the Trainer pruning and production classes are free to NDGGA 
members along with a free lunch at both sites. Members should indicate 
what meeting they are attending. E-mail rradke at ndsuext.nodak.edu or 
call Rudy at 701-356-0222.

Nonmembers may attend by joining NDGGA. Membership is $20. Register the 
same way as members (listed above) but a membership form will be sent 
by mail or e-mail. At www.ndgga.org a member form is available to 
print. It can then be sent with a check to Rudy Radke, NDGGA, 4838 
Rocking Horse Circle, Fargo, ND 58104-6049.


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