Michigan
Grapes
The Grape subcommittee directs the grape extension effort in Michigan. Michigan has over 12,000 acres of grapes most of which are located in Southwest Michigan. Most of this acreage is Concord and Niagara which is used for grape juice. The wine grape production is fairly evenly split between Michigan's southwestern counties and those around Grand Traverse Bay.
Michigan Grape Information
Michigan State's Grape Web site GRAPES.MSU.EDU.
AgNIC Viticulture Site is maintained by Suzi Teghtmeyer the Agriculture, Forestry & Botany librarian at the main MSU Library. This Viticulture site has extensive listings of the viticulture resources available on the Internet.
Grape
IPM Page has information on grape insect and disease control.
Check out the MSU Fruit CAT Alert
for current articles on grape insect and disease control.
Information on the Michigan Wine and Grape Industries.
MSUE Bulletins on Grapes, these Bulletins can also be ordered from the Bulletin Office
E-852 - Fertilizing Fruit Crops includes grapes
E-1935 - Pruning Grapevines in Michigan
- E-2642 - Table Grape Varieties for Michigan
E-2643 - Wine Grape Varieties for Michigan
- E-2645 - Vineyard Establishment II: Planting and Early Care of Vineyards,
E-2698 - Pest Control in Small
Vineyards
may be from your County MSUE office.
E-2774 - Growing Table Grapes in a
Temperate Climate
is available from the MSU Bulletin office or your County MSUE office.
Factsheets & Miscellaneous Information
Grape Growth Stages used for Concord and Chardonnay grapes in the MSU Fruit CAT Alert
Information on Spring Frosts of Grapes.
Check out the Van Buren Grape Pages for more information.
Other Grape Web Sites
The Lake Erie Regional Grape Program
has an excellent site with good information applicable to Michigan growers. The
Finger Lakes region is another major production area in New York.
Bob Pool at Cornell also has a Viticulture
Page
The Indiana Wine Council has a Web
Page.
Purdue has posted their Indiana Small
Fruits and Grapes Spray Guide as well as the Small fruit recommendations for many
other Midwestern states.
Illinois has information at their Commercial Wine &
Grape Site. They have a pretty extensive links page and a
good general
information page.
The Northwest Berry & Grape Infonet maintained
by Oregon State University is an excellent site with lots of good information.
The University of California at Davis, Department of Viticulture & Enology has lots of
information on both grapes and wine. This site is also home to the American Viticulture
and Enology Research Network (AVERN)
web page.
There is a more extensive list of grape links at the Van Buren Grape Page.
Comments on this web page are always welcome. E-mail me at: longstr7@msu.edu