2015 Annual Conference
The 2015 FGGA Annual Conference was held January 16 and 17, 2015 at the Quality Inn Riverfront, Palatka, FL 32177. If you have any questions, please contact the FGGA office.
QUALITY INN RIVERFRONT
201 North 1st Street
Palatka, FL 32177
(386) 328-3481
Conference notebooks are available for purchase for $15
Contact us for more info: 386-329-0318 / admin@fgga.org
Friday, January 16, 2015
Registration 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Welcome – 12:30 pm
JOINT SESSION 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
“Neutracuticals and other Grape Products” – Charlie Sims, UF Also a brief report on the UF grape/wine research
BREAK OUT SESSIONS – A – 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
COMMERCIAL “ Feeding Your Vine – Proper Nutrition Yields “Grape” Results” Mercy Olmstead
HOBBYIST– “Chaptalization vs. Back Sweetening” Don Nettles
BREAK OUT SESSIONS – B –2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
COMMERCIAL –“ Fruit Wines Industry” –Sarah Ashelman – Island Grove Wine Co.
HOBBYIST – “Starting a Wine Club or Wine Guild” Donnie Nettles & Sue Elliott
BREAK OUT SESSIONS – C – 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
COMMERCIAL – “Vineyard Best Management Practices” (quality/ water quantity for FL Specialty Fruit & Nut Crops) -Karen Stauderman
HOBBIEST – “What Not to Do in your Vineyard “- Robert Herold
JOINT SESSION – 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm “The Outlook for Florida Wine Industry “ – Charles Cox
GENERAL MEETING – 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM State of the FGGA General Membership Meeting -Election of Officers- Board Meeting
MEET AND GREET (Wine Tasting) – 6:30 PM
DINNER – 7:15 PM with speaker– Robert Herold “Benefits of Preventative Measures rather Than Remedial Measures “ Informal Social gatherings to follow
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Registration 7:30 am – 8:00 am
JOINT SESSION – 8:00 am – 8:45 am “Picking the Right Yeast Strain” – Jason Burrus
JOINT SESSION – 9:00 am – 9:45 am “Picking the Right Cultivars” – Violeta Colova FAMU Also a brief report on FAMU grape/wine research
JOINT SESSION – ` 10:00 am – 10:45 am “An introduction to growing and making Norton wine” Jason Burrus
JOINT SESSION – 11:00 am – 11:45 am “The Florida Wine Passport Where do we go from here” Donnie Nettles
LUNCH & JOINT SESSION – 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM “The State of Affairs Roundtable” Questions & Answers with all our presenters. Box Lunch provided by Beef O’Brady’s 2:00 pm – Hands-On session at the IFAS Hastings Experimental Station-“ Pruning Techniques 101 and Beyond: Practice for the Novice and Advanced Viticulturist” – Mercy Olmstead & Violetka Colova Come on out to the Demonstration Vineyard at the Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture and Community Sustainability in Hastings, FL and get some experience pruning mature muscadine vines! We will also have an opportunity to prune/examine some bunch grapes that are being established at the station
