The Purdue Wine Grape Team
The Purdue Wine Grape Team is collaboration between the Purdue University Departments of Food Science and Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, and the Indiana Wine Grape Council. We serve Indiana’s vintners and growers by providing expertise on viticulture (grape growing), enology (wine making), and marketing. Our goal is to propel the Indiana winegrape industry into world-class competitiveness.
Katie benner
Marketing Extension Specialist
- Coordinating the Vintage Indiana Festival
- The Pop Swirl, an Indiana beverage podcast
- Designing new marketing material
- Conducting educational workshops
- Wine grape industry domestic and internal travels
Jill Blume
Enology Specialist
- Wine analysis and sensory evaluation
- Hybrid wine grape varieties and wine-styles
- Winemaking concerns
- Winery visitations and safety
- Wine competition judge
miranda purcell
Viticulture Extension Specialist
- Establishing and designing vineyards
- Managing vineyards
- Identifying and managing pests
- Evaluating new grape varieties
- On-site visitations
Publications & Wine Grape Resources
- Starting a Commercial Wine Grape Vineyard
- Midwest Grape Production Guide
- Growing Grapes in Indiana
- Grape Varieties for Indiana
- Commercial Winemaking Production Series: Traminette Vineyard Management
- Commercial Winemaking Production Series: Cork Quality Control
- Commercial Winemaking Production Series: Preventing Refermentation
- Commercial Winemaking Production Series: Wine Cold Stability Issues