Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Grapes & Wine

• Introduction
• Facilities
• People & Departments

Facilities

• TheTeaching Vineyards
• The New York State Wine Analytical Laboratory and Wine Data Bank
• The Vinification and Brewing Laboratory

 

Teaching vineyards

The Viticulture and Enology program maintains a series of vineyards designed to provide students with hands-on management experience and to produce grapes for fermentations in the enology courses.

At the Lansing farm on the East side of Cayuga Lake is a teaching vineyard planted with Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Pinot gris, Pinot noir, and Lemberger.

Right on campus at Cornell Orchards are two teaching vineyards planted to hybrids. The Pool block (named in honor of Bob Pool, former Cornell viticulturist who designed the planting) contains several wine, juice, and table grapes managed using different training and pruning systems. In addition, Concord and Seyval blanc vines are planted on a yearly rotation so that students have the opportunity to train and prune vines of a variety of ages. A second block at the location is planted to Himrod, Cayuga white, Tramminette, Marechal Foch, Chancellor, and GR7.

Location of vineyards

Lansing Farm and Vineyards at Cornell Orchards:

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The New York State Wine Analytical Laboratory and Wine Data Bank

The Wine Analytical Laboratory is located at the Dept. of Food Science and Technology of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Its goals are to provide:

• New York State Wineries affordable technical service for juice and wine analysis for quality assurance and problem solving.
• A data bank for New York juice and wine, which will provide an information basis for New York wineries and extension and research programs.

Over 25 different analyses are offered by the Wine Analytical Laboratory. Any individual or winery may submit samples to the lab for analysis, New York State resident or otherwise. Please send the appropriate form (below) with a 750 ml sample (one typical wine bottle) to:

NYS Wine Lab Attn: Ben Gavitt
NYSAES-Food Science Lab
630 W. North St.
Geneva, NY 14456 USA

Download the form, in PDF format. Please note that there is now only one form for everyone.

• NYSWAL Lab Form as of 10/09

 

The Vinification and Brewing Laboratory

The Vinification and Brewing Laboratory is located at the Dept. of Food Science and Technology of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Its construction was enabled by a partnership of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, the Wine and Beer Industry, and the New York State Government. The vinification part of the facilty is mainly used for extension and research projects.

The facility allows us to expand experimental winemaking programs to test new grape varieties and winemaking practices. It also allows us to scale up experiments to industrial production volumes. It is a place for equipment manufacturers to showcase their new equipment. It is a place where industry members can train on new and current technology and equipment.