• Project No. and Title: NE2220 - Multi-state Coordinated Evaluation of Grape Cultivars and Clones
• Dates: 11/10/2026 to 11/11/2026
• Contacts: [Horst Caspari] [Charlotte Oliver]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 11/10/2026 at CSU Western Campus, Grand Junction, CO. :

Admin Advisor: Anna Katharine Mansfield (akm87@cornell.edu)

Tentative Agenda<br /> Tuesday, 10 November 2026<br /> 8:00 Pick-up from downtown hotel and transfer to Colorado State University Western Campus<br /> 8:15 Welcome and Introductions<br /> 8:30 – 10:00 State reports<br /> 10:00 – 10:15 Break and refreshments<br /> 10:15 – 12:00 State reports (continued)<br /> 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break<br /> 13:00 – 14:00 State reports (continued)<br /> 14:00 – 15:00 Tour of Western Colorado Research Center, including NE-2220 plots and vineyard agrivoltaics system<br /> 15:00 – 15:15 Break and refreshments<br /> 15:15 – 17:00 State reports (continued; if needed); rewrite for NE 2720; other items brought up by the group<br /> 17:00 – 18:00 Tasting of NE2220 wines<br /> 18:00 - 18:15 Return to downtown hotel<br /> Dinner on your own (happy to organize something for the group, if desired)<br /> <br /> <br /> Wednesday, 11 November 2026<br /> Morning – tour of West Elks AVA vineyards/winery<br /> Afternoon - tour of Grand Valley AVA vineyards/wineries<br /> 8:00 Pick-up from hotel and transfer to Colorado State University’s Organic Agricultural Research Center Rogers Mesa (OARS)<br /> 9:00 – 10:00 Tour of OARS, including NE-2220 vineyard plot and table grape trial<br /> 10:00 – 10:30 Drive to Storm Cellar, Paonia<br /> 10:30 – 12:30 Tour of Storm Cellar vineyards, wine tasting, and lunch on site<br /> 12:30 – 14:00 Return to Grand Valley<br /> 14:00 – 15:30 Visit Talbott Farms (vineyards, orchards, winery, cidery, peach agrivoltaics)<br /> 15:30 – 15:40 Drive to Restoration Vineyard<br /> 15:40 – 17:00 Restoration Vineyard (vineyard, winery, wine tasting, may include wine from other CO wineries)<br /> 17:00 – Group dinner at Restoration Vineyard<br /> Before midnight – Return to hotel