8:30-9:00 Coffee and Registration
Session 1: Linda Bisson – Moderator, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:00-9:05 Welcome and Introductions – Linda Bisson (Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
9:05-9:15 Department Update – David Block (Department Chair and Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
9:15-9:50 Berry Ripening: The Beginning
- Mark Matthews (Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
9:50-10:25 Is Phylloxera Still Important?
- Andy Walker (Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
10:25-10:40 BREAK
Session 2: Karen Block – Moderator, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
10:40-11:15 A Systems Biology Approach to Understanding Complex Processes in Grapes
- Grant Cramer (Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno)
11:15-12:10 Poster Highlights - Flash Talks:
1) Linda Bisson, poster #9, Analysis of “difficult to ferment” juices
2) Michael Wolff, poster #1, Net productivity and greenhouse gas exchange for major California perennial crops
3) Jenny Nelson, poster #3, Effect of storage temperature and packaging type on the trace metal composition of wine by ICP-MS
4) Sue Ebeler, poster #4, Varietal Profiling of Red Wines Using UHPLC/QTOF MS
5) Nick Bokulich, poster #5, A Novel Approach to Monitoring Winery Microbes
6) Byron Elmendorf, poster #6, Influence of barrel maturation, oak alternatives and micro-oxygenation on red wine aging and quality
7) Maya Beulow, poster #8, Investigating affects of land applications of potassium rich winery waste water in soil hydrolytic conductivity
8) Chik Brenneman, poster #10, The Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building
12:10–1:40 CATERED LUNCH, FREEBORN HALL AND POSTER SESSION
Session 3: Karen Block – Moderator, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
1:40-2:15: Micro-environmental Effects of Plastic Vine Cover Materials on Table Grapes
- Matt Fidelibus (Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
2:15-2:50: Microbial Ecology as a Measure of Terroir
- David Mills (Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
2:50-3:00 BREAK
Session 4: Linda Bisson – Moderator, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
3:00-3:35: Using Remotely Sensed Canopy Hyperspectral Reflectance for Irrigation Management
- David Smart (Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
3:35-4:10: Cap Extraction Fundamentals
- David Block (Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)
4:10-4:20: Concluding Remarks – – David Block (Department Chair and Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis)