NE0901 A proposal submitted to the 2009 NERA Planning Grants Program ADDRESSING RESEARCH AND EXTENSION NEEDS OF THE EMERGING COLD-CLIMATE WINE INDUSTRY IN THE NORTHEAST AND UPPER MIDWEST. Northeast Region Project Investigators: Timothy E. Martinson, Ph.D. Senior Extension Associate in Viticulture, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456. tem2@cornell.edu , 315-787-2448 Anna Katharine Mansfield, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Enology, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456. akm87@cornell.edu , 315-787-2448 Lorraine Berkett, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Plant & Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. lorraine.berkett@uvm.edu , 802/656-0972 William R. Nail, Ph.D. Assistant Scientist, Viticulture, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT William.Nail@ct.gov 06504, (203) 974-8491 North Central Region Project Investigators: Jim Luby, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55413. lubyx001@umn.edu 612-624-3453 Peter Hemstad, Scientist, Dept. Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, Horticultural Research Center, Excelsior, MN 55331, hemst001@umn.edu , 952-443-1492 Murli Dharmadhikari, Ph.D. Director Midwest Grape and Wine Institute, Dept. Food Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 murli@iastate.edu , 515-294-3308 Other cooperating scientists: Gail Nonnecke, Ph.D. Professor, Dept of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. nonnecke@iastate.edu , 515-294-0037 Bradley Rickard, Ph.D. Asst. Prof. Horticultural Marketing and Food Policy, Dept. Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, bjr83@cornell.edu , 607.255.7417 Miguel Gomez, Ph.D. Asst. Prof. Food and Horticultural Marketing, Dept. Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, mig7@cornell.edu , 607.255.8159 Kevin Iungerman, Extension Associate, Cornell Northeastern NY Commercial Fruit Program (Upper Hudson and Champlain), Ballston Spa, NY 12020. kai3@cornell.edu , 518-885-8995. Amount requested: $10,000