What are your job duties/job responsibilities in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources? I am the vineyard manager for the Grape and Wine Institute. I maintain the research vineyard at the South Farm here in Columbia. How long have you worked in CAFNR? I worked previously in Plant Sciences from 2008 to 2017, and returned in 2021. What…
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CAFNR Welcomes New Faculty
Seven new faces join CAFNR faculty for the fall 2022 semester
With the fall semester underway, we are excited introduce and welcome the new faculty members in our college. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri is proud to introduce seven new faculty members this semester who are equipped to advance our core missions of research, teaching and extension. They each bring a wealth of…
From City Politics to Plant Pathology
Megan Hall’s viticulture appointment is a partnership between Grape and Wine Institute, Division of Plant Sciences
As an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, Megan Hall would have never envisioned spending her career in various vineyards throughout the United States. Hall earned a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, eventually getting involved in city politics in New York. She worked for a city council member in the Bronx – and…
Holden Turns to MU Extension for Help with Vineyard
Former governor led the way for Norton to become state's official grape
When problems arise with the ex-governor’s vineyard, he calls University of Missouri Extension viticulturist Dean Volenberg. Former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden grows Norton grapes at his weekend hideaway in Fredericksburg. Volenberg regularly visits with Holden as the ex-governor learns the nuances of growing grapes on rolling hills overlooking the Gasconade River. Stone Hill Winery uses the grapes to make the…
A Terrific Team
Missouri-based researchers to tackle grapevine research
Anthony Peccoux spent eight months as the leader of the viticulture area in the wine and grape program at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources before he tragically passed away in 2012. Peccoux made the most out of his time at Mizzou, connecting individuals in the grape and wine industry across Missouri. Allison Miller, an evolutionary…
Expanding Information and Opportunities
The Show-Me Grape and Wine Conference and Symposium will take place in March
The University of Missouri Grape and Wine Institute has two exciting events set for March. The 2016 Show-Me Grape and Wine Conference and Symposium will run from Wednesday, March 16 to Friday, March. 18. This is the fifth year for the Grape and Wine Symposium, which will take place on Friday, March 18. This is the first year for the…
Building Relationships
Dean Volenberg tapped as director of the MU Grape and Wine Institute
Working in Extension in Missouri and Wisconsin, Dean Volenberg has always focused on building relationships with individuals and organizations. As the new Director of the Grape and Wine Institute (GWI) at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Volenberg will have ample opportunity to build and cultivate relationships with grape growers and wineries. “These relationships happen…
Best of the Best
Kwasniewski is a recipient of the 2015 Best Paper Award from The American Society for Enology and Viticulture
Misha Kwasniewski is one of the few that the American Society for Enology and Viticulture chose to honor this year, by awarding him with the 2015 Best Paper Award.
Wine and Women
Group seeks to increase women's participation in wine industry
The Women’s Viticulture & Enology Network is aimed at connecting women interested in the fields of viticulture and wine making.
On the Watch for Pierce’s Disease
Nationally known viticulturists to share plans to stop spread of grape disease
A growing concern for researchers at GWI is the possibility of Pierce’s Disease in Missouri. An update on the potential of the disease in Missouri, diagnosis symptoms and ways to properly manage a vineyard for disease prevention will be presented in Columbia on May 6 by nationally known experts at the Missouri Pierce’s Disease Workshop: Evaluating and Mitigating Risk workshop.