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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2008 Renowned author to speak
at Geneva Experiment Station on history of wine in America Geneva, NY: Renowned author Thomas C. Pinney will make a presentation entitled “A Very Short History of Wine in America” at 10:30 am, Friday, June 6, 2008. The talk will be held in the auditorium on the second floor of Jordan Hall, at 630 W. North Street in Geneva, NY on the campus of Cornell University’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES). The talk, hosted by the Frank A. Lee Library, is open to the public and is being presented in conjunction with the grape and wine history exhibit, Song of the Vine: A History of Wine, sponsored by the Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. The exhibit is being held June through December 2008 in Ithaca. Professor Pinney will outline the history of wine in America,
and provide a summary of New York State’s contributions to
that history. He will explore how New York has taken, and
held the lead in grape production and winemaking in the eastern
United States. The presentation is being held to commemorate the first ten years
of Cornell’s Eastern Wine & Grape Archive, which seeks
to preserve wine and grape history by saving documents and records
of historic value. Contact the Frank A. Lee Library with questions: Frank A. Lee Library Related web sites: ###
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