Minnesota Industry Groups

• Minnesota Farm Winery Association
• Minnesota Grape Growers Association 
• Southern Minnesota Wine Grower Alliance 

National Industry Groups, University Departments, Extension, and Grant Projects

• ASEV-ES American Society for Enology and Viticulture – Eastern Section
• Department of Horticultural Science University of Minnesota Department of Horticultural Science
• Cornell University EnologyExtension newsletters published by Cornell University Extension
• University of Maryland Extension Grapes and small fruits 
• eViticulture eViticulture is the national online viticulture resource containing the latest science-based information for viticulturists.
• Northern Grapes Project The emergence of cold hardy, Vitis riparia-based wine grape cultivars in the 1990s created a new and rapidly expanding industry of small vineyard and winery enterprises in more than 12 states in New England, northern New York, and the Upper Midwest, boost
• Midwest Grape and Wine Institute Helping support the evolving grape and wine industry in the Midwest, because the potential economic opportunities in wineries, value-added agriculture and tourism are limitless.
• VitisGen2 Launched in September 2017 to expand on work from the first VitisGen project, the VitisGen2 project is a multi-institution research collaboration funded by the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative for the development of new grape varieties

Grape Growing Resources

• Training young vines
• Water wisely, caring for grapes and managing their water needs.
• Cold-Hardy Grapes University of Minnesota Cold-Hardy Grapes
• Grape Disease Control, 2017 (Dr. Wayne Wilcox, Cornell University).