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Gala Dinner Raises More Than $20,000 For New Lab
GENEVA, N.Y. Fer- versity/industry partnership scale brewhouse will be dedi- ing Pilot Plant at the Station
mentation science is the focus on the part of Cornell and the C ated to brewing technology. was used for fermentation
of Cornell University’s new Experiment Station. When The other end of the labo- studies, but New York’s bur-
Vinification and Brewing the project was launched in ratory holds wine fermenta- geoning wine and brewing in-
Technology Lab that opened 1997, the Station sought tion tanks and an analytical dustries required a separate
one year ago here at the New $250,000 to $500,000 in start- laboratory and office. The facility to properly serve their
York State Agricultural Ex- up funds, and hoped to estab- central workspace includes needs,
periment Station. lish asl million endowment de-stemmers, crushers, Since 1976, more than 150
But it was the art of fine for staff a °d programming, presses, filters, bottle fillers, farm wineries have been es
wine, beer, and food that was So far, more than $266,000 an d heating and cooling tablished in New York State,
the focus of the Fourth has been earmarked for the equipment for wine making ™ .. . ~ . ..
Annual Gala Dinner and project from the New York and brewing. The ,ab IS the P rem,er Slte
Wine Auction held at Casa State Department of Agricul- jhe lab builds on the Sta-
Larga Winery, in Fairport, ture and Markets. More than tion’s well-established pro-
N.Y., on behalf of the new fa- $97,000 has been donated by grams in enology and
cility, on March 9. industry and local wine trails, fermentation science. Previ
including $lO,OOO from the ous i y) the 10,000 square foot
Seneca Wine Trail. Fruit and Vegetable Process-
In addition, industry has
donated more than $145,000
worth of equipment, includ
ing presses and stainless steel
tanks. At last year’s dinner,
the New York Chapter of the
American Institute of Wine
and Food established a
$26,538 endowment for
scholarships for industry rep
resentatives to attend work
shops,
Harris Wilcox and his son,
Craig, auctioned 48 items on
behalf of the V&B Lab, rang
ing from cases and magnums
of wine, to dinners and week
end stays. The black tie affair
raised over $20,000 for the
lab. Of that, $5,000 was
pledged by Anheuser Busch,
$l,OOO from King Ferry
Winery, and $l,OOO from The
International Food Network.
The National Bank of
Geneva and Waterloo Con
tainer sponsored the dinner.
Researchers, winemakers,
brewers, and industry repre
sentatives who will use the fa
cility attended the dinner as
well as community leaders,
politicians, and wine connois
seurs. Susan A. Henry, dean
of Cornell’s College of Agri
culture and Life Sciences,
was the master of ceremo-
mes
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