Enology & Viticulture: Web Resources

Able Grape is a wine search engine ­not for comparison shopping, but for learning and research. The aim is to be the world's most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative source for online wine information.

Provides information on site selection/vineyard establishment, cultivars and rootstocks, training systems, winter injury and nutrient management.

Information on undergraduate and graduate programs for viticulture and enology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Information on the New York State wine industry. Consumer focused.

A regional extension program of Cornell Cooperative Extension serving the grape and wine industry of the Finger Lakes providing unbiased, research-based information to the region's grape growers in areas including vineyard and pest management practices, new vineyard establishment, farm business management, marketing and business development and more.

Affiliated with Cornell Cooperative Extension. Provides research and information on workshops in the Lake Erie region.

A collaborative project of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University and the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technologies. Focus is on evaluation of sites for vineyards in line with best practices.

The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station has collected useful resources for growers and wine makers on this site.

Information on grape varieties with a focus on Cornell University research related to grape breeding.

This registry (formerly the National Grape Registry) contains information about varieties of wine, juice, and table grapes, raisins, and grape rootstocks available in the United States.

Provides access to reports and publications on grape genetics. Supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

Database of genetic fingerprints for more than 3,000 grape varieties.

Section of the code that deals with U.S. government wine regulations.

FIVS-Abridge is an invaluable resource for those interested in the legal aspects of the international alcohol beverage industry, particularly for those trading or intending to trade their products internationally. FIVS-Abridge consists of a database of national regulations and relevant international agreements for markets around the world, covering topics such as certification, composition, labeling, marketing, packaging, production, promotion, tariffs, taxation and transportation. The user can also view regulatory information for different countries in side-by-side comparisons according to topic.