10th Eastern Winery Exposition Attendance Surpasses 1,200

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Syracuse NY – The tenth Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE) celebrated a return to live events in Syracuse, NY at the Oncenter from March 22-24th, drawing total attendance of nearly 1,300 over three days of workshops and conference sessions, and two days of a grape and wine production trade show.

There was a festive mood everywhere, as EWE had not taken place since 2020 due to the pandemic. Speakers, attendees and exhibitors were visibly glad to see one another and reconnect, socialize, learn, and do business. There were 470 exhibitor staff and nearly 800 attendees, including 38 speakers.

Workshops included day-long tracks on Fruit Wine and Mead, Fortified Wine, and Fining and Filtration. Enology and Viticulture sessions focused on cool climate cultivars like Riesling, Pinot Noir, Austrian grapes Grüner Veltliner and Blaufränkisch, and newly-introduced hybrids of vinifera that are cold-hardy and disease-resistant. New vineyard technology demonstrated how high-tech is being applied to improve viticulture in the East, such as using special ultra-violet radiation at night to damage downy mildew and other vine pests.

The National Wine Marketing conference, License to Steal, also took place as a co-located event with EWE.

The annual Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at the Celebration Dinner on March 23rd, to longtime Finger Lakes Winemaker Steve DiFrancesco, now retired from Glenora Cellars and a freelance consultant.

The dinner was immediately followed by the annual ASEV-ES auction. Suppliers donated items to be auctioned, and as usual all the proceeds ($10,000!) will be donated to the Eastern Section Scholarship Fund for those considering careers in viticulture and enology in Eastern universities.

EWE was acquired by longtime sponsor, Wine Business Monthly, in 2019 and outgoing Show Manager Bob Mignarri announced he will continue working with exhibitors in 2023 to secure booth space in Lancaster, while Operations Director Marcia Gulino and Conference Manager Richard Leahy will also continue in their roles.

For a more in-depth review of the 2022 EWE, see Linda McKee’s article in Wine Business Monthly at https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/257290. The 2023 Eastern Winery Exposition will take place at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, PA. March 14-16.

Contact: Mary Jorgensen, Public Relations, mary@winebusiness.com.

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Syracuse NY – The tenth Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE) celebrated a return to live events in Syracuse, NY at the Oncenter from March 22-24th, drawing total attendance of nearly 1,300 over three days of workshops and conference sessions, and two days of a grape and wine production trade show.

There was a festive mood everywhere, as EWE had not taken place since 2020 due to the pandemic. Speakers, attendees and exhibitors were visibly glad to see one another and reconnect, socialize, learn, and do business. There were 470 exhibitor staff and nearly 800 attendees, including 38 speakers.

Workshops included day-long tracks on Fruit Wine and Mead, Fortified Wine, and Fining and Filtration. Enology and Viticulture sessions focused on cool climate cultivars like Riesling, Pinot Noir, Austrian grapes Grüner Veltliner and Blaufränkisch, and newly-introduced hybrids of vinifera that are cold-hardy and disease-resistant. New vineyard technology demonstrated how high-tech is being applied to improve viticulture in the East, such as using special ultra-violet radiation at night to damage downy mildew and other vine pests.

The National Wine Marketing conference, License to Steal, also took place as a co-located event with EWE.

The annual Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at the Celebration Dinner on March 23rd, to longtime Finger Lakes Winemaker Steve DiFrancesco, now retired from Glenora Cellars and a freelance consultant.

The dinner was immediately followed by the annual ASEV-ES auction. Suppliers donated items to be auctioned, and as usual all the proceeds ($10,000!) will be donated to the Eastern Section Scholarship Fund for those considering careers in viticulture and enology in Eastern universities.

EWE was acquired by longtime sponsor, Wine Business Monthly, in 2019 and outgoing Show Manager Bob Mignarri announced he will continue working with exhibitors in 2023 to secure booth space in Lancaster, while Operations Director Marcia Gulino and Conference Manager Richard Leahy will also continue in their roles.

For a more in-depth review of the 2022 EWE, see Linda McKee’s article in Wine Business Monthly at https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/257290. The 2023 Eastern Winery Exposition will take place at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, PA. March 14-16.

Contact: Mary Jorgensen, Public Relations, mary@winebusiness.com.