Board of Directors

Officers

Missouri Wine & Grape Advisory Board

Bylaws

Missouir Domestic Wine Regulations

Missouri Wine Grape Acreage

Members

Missouri Grape Processors

Missouri Department of Agriculture
Wine & Grape Program

Southwest Missouri State University
Department of Fruit Science

CREATED BY JENNIFER RHODUS

adapted for the web by Clyde Gill

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

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PAST PRESIDENTS

PHYLLIS MEAGHER, 1982-1984

RICK DUNCAN, 1985-1986

GEORGE HERSHBERGER, 1987

MARK BLUMENBERG, 1988-1989, 1993-1994

MARVIN RIPPELMEYER, 1990-1992

CLORINDA MINGO, 1995-1996

HANK JOHNSON, 1997-2000

MISSOURI WINE & GRAPE ADVISORY BOARD

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MEMBERS

Tim Puchta, Chairman

Jon Held, Vice-Chairman

Glenn Bardgett

Cory Bomgaars

Andy Bourey

Suzanne Corbett

Katie Nott Gill

Chris Hoffmeister

Andrew Hofherr

Jana Mahan

Becky Miller

MISSOURI WINE & GRAPE ADVISORY BOARD

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Dr. Jim Baker

Dr. Lawrence Banks

Elaine Hoffmeister

Diana Holland

Senator David J. Klarich

Dr. Murli Dharmadhikari

Patty Held-Uthlaut

Lowell Mohler

Dr. James Moore

Dr. Thomas Payne

Missouri Wine Research and Marketing Council

President
Andrew Hofherr

Vice-President
Elaine Mooney

Secretary Treasurer
Diana Holland

Members

Katie Nott

Patty Held-Uthlaut

MISSOURI GRAPE GROWERS ASSOCIATION

BYLAWS

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Article I. Name and Purpose

1. Missouri Grape Growers Association;
2. To provide a formal structure for a statewide association of grape growers in Missouri;
3. To promote the growth of the Missouri grape industry and the production of a high quality product;
4. To represent the interests of Missouri grape growers in legislative and political matters;
5. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and to disseminate current information pertaining to optimum agricultural practices for vineyards;
6. To identity available equipment, supplies, and vines for establishing or maintaining a vineyard;
7. To recommend and encourage research to solve viticultural problems;
8. To analyze current grape marketing information.

Article II. Nonprofit

This Association is not organized for profit.

Article III. Membership

Section 1.

Full membership in the Missouri Grape Growers Association is open to anyone interested in the objectives of the Association.

Section 2. Voting

Members will have one vote. Questions regarding membership shall be decided by the executive committee.

Section 3.

Payment of dues confers full membership.

Article IV. Dues and Revenues

Section 1.

Dues are $20.00 per year, as of 2001.

Section 2.

Revenue to provide for special projects, such as legal fees, lobbying, et cetera, shall be levied when 2/3 of the voting members vote to assess such a levy.

Article V. Officers and Board of Directors

Section 1.

President

Vice President

Secretary-Treasurer

plus

Three Members of the Board of Directors

Section 2.

All officers shall be full members.

Section 3.

Officers shall be elected annually. Terms for President shall be limited to three consecutive years.

Section 4.

Officers shall assume their positions at the conclusion of the annual meeting.

Section 5.

The Board of Directors shall consist of three persons, each elected for one three-year term. The first Board shall have one three-year member, one two-year member, and one one-year member.

Article VI. Duties of Officers

Section 1.

The President shall preside over all meetings and enforce the observance of the Constitution, bylaws, and rules, in general perform all duties incidental to the office of the President, and be the primary representative of the organization.

Section 2.

The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President in the absence of the President.

Section 3.

The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the minutes and see that all notices of meetings and business are fully given; shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Association; shall receive and give receipts for money due and payable and deposit all monies in the name of the Association account.

1. The Secretary-Treasurer may spend up to $100.00 at his discretion for such items as supplies, stamps, and other items needed in performance of his/her job. Small sums may also be used for flowers, cards, etc. for such instances as death or serious illness of members or their immediate families.
2. Expenditures in amounts of $100.00 - $300.00 must have the President’s approval in writing. Exceptions are expenditures for anticipated bills for publication of the Newsletter.
3. Any expenditure over $300.00 must be approved by the Executive Board or the entire membership.

Section 4.

The Board of Directors shall serve the Association by providing advices and by reviewing the Association’s goals and directions.

Article VII. Committees

Section 1.

Committees may be formed as needed by the officers.

Article VIII. Meetings

Section 1.

An annual meeting shall be held at such time and place as determined by the Board of Directors. Notice of said meeting shall be given in writing by mail to each member not later than seven (7) days prior to the meeting.

Section 2.

Special meetings may be called upon receipt of a written request of one-half of the membership.

Article IX. Bylaw Changes

Section 1.

The voting members shall have the power to make and adopt bylaws. The bylaws may be amended, adopted, repealed, or altered at any time by voting members of the Association. A simple majority vote of the voting membership shall be required.

Article X. Accounts and Audits

Section 1.

An adequate accounting system shall be installed to provide for proper and orderly recording of all business transactions. The accounts shall be audited by a committee appointed by the President after the close of the fiscal year and a report rendered to the Board.

Article XI. Rules of Order

Section 1.

Robert’s Rules of Order shall be the official guide for determining questions of order and parliamentary law.

MISSOURI DOMESTIC WINE REGULATIONS

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RELEVANT TO MISSOURI GRAPES

190. Wine manufacturer’s license, fee – use of materials produced outside the state, limitation, exception – what sales may be made, when.

1. For the privilege of manufacturing wine, which manufacturing shall be in accordance with all provisions of federal law applicable thereto except as may otherwise be specified in this section, in quantities not to exceed five hundred thousand gallons, not in excess of eighteen percent of alcohol by weight, from grapes, berries, other fruits, fruit products, honey, and vegetables produced or grown in the state of Missouri, exclusive of sugar, water and spirits, there shall be paid to and collected by the director of revenue, in lieu of charges provided in section 311.180¹, a license fee of five dollars for each five hundred gallons or fraction thereof of wine produced up to a maximum license fee of three hundred dollars.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, a manufacturer licensed under this section may use in any calendar year such wine-making material produced or grown outside the state of Missouri in a quantity not exceeding fifteen percent of the manufacturer’s wine entered into fermentation in the prior calendar year.
3. In any year when a natural disaster causes substantial loss to the Missouri crop of grapes, berries, other fruits, fruit products, honey or vegetables from which wines are made, the director of the department of agriculture shall determine the percent of loss and allow a certain additional percent, based on the prior calendar year’s production of such products, to be purchased outside the state of Missouri to be used and offered for sale by Missouri wineries.

554. Privilege of selling wine, additional revenue charge – purpose – limitation on use of revenue – expires, when.

1. In addition to the charges imposed by section 311.550², there shall be paid to and collected by the director of revenue for the privilege of selling wine, an additional charge of six cents per gallon or fraction thereof. The additional charge shall be paid and collected in the same manner and at the same time that the charges imposed by section 311.550 are paid and collected.
2. The revenue derived from the additional charge imposed by subsection 1 shall be deposited by the state treasurer to the credit of a separate account in the marketing development fund created by section 216.035 RSMo. Moneys to the credit of the account shall be appropriated annually for use by the division of the sate department of agriculture concerned with market development programs for growing, selling, and marketing of grapes and grape products grown in Missouri, including all necessary funding and programs aimed at improving marketing of all varieties of grapes grown in Missouri, and shall be appropriated and used for no other purpose.

¹ Schedule of license fees for manufacturers, wholesalers, and solicitors of "intoxicating liquors."

² "For the privilege of selling wines, the sum of thirty cents per gallon."

WINE REGULATIONS

275.463

1. There is hereby created the "Missouri Wine Marketing and Research Council" which shall consist of five members elected by commercial producers. The members of the council shall be citizens and residents of the state and shall be commercial producers. Each member shall be elected for a term of three years, except that of the members first elected, one shall be elected for a term of one year, two shall be elected for a term of two years and two shall be elected for a term of three years. Vacancies in the council shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original elections are made.
2. All members may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred by them I the performance of their duties.
3. The council shall:
4. 1. Provide a list of commercial producers of wine in this state to the department of agriculture;
   2. Administer the Missouri wine marketing and research development fund;
   3. Elect from among their membership a preside t, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, whose duties shall be established in the bylaws of the council;
   4. Draft and adopt bylaws of the council;
   5. Communicate with commercial producers in order to enhance enology research, education and development of markets for wine produced in Missouri;
   6. Perform any other duties deemed necessary to carry out the functions described in this subsection.

275.464.

In addition to any other licenses and charges imposed by chapter 311, RSMo, there shall be collected by the director of the department of agriculture and paid to the director of the department of revenue for deposit in the Missouri win marketing and research development fund an additional pro rata charge of three dollars per ton of grapes or one hundred sixty gallons of grape juice processed by commercial producers in this state. The charges shall be paid and collected pursuant to sections 275.466 to 275.468.

275.466

The revenue derived from the additional charge imposed by section 275.464 shall be deposited by the director of the department of revenue in the treasury to the credit of the "Missouri Wine Marketing and Research Development Fund", which is hereby created. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated annually by the general assembly through the department of agriculture for the use and benefit of the Missouri wine marketing and research council. Such moneys shall be specified in the annual appropriations of the department of agriculture for the Missouri wine and marketing research council and shall be transferred by the director of the department of agriculture to the treasurer of the council, to be used only for enology research, education and marketing of wine produced in Missouri, except that the Missouri wine marketing and research council shall reimburse the department of agriculture for reasonable expenses incurred in collecting moneys for the fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, no portion of the fund shall be transferred to the general revenue fund.

275.468.

Payment of the charges provided in sections 275.464 to 275.468 shall be made by each commercial producer in this state. Each commercial producer, on or before the thirty-first day of January, shall file with the director of the department of agriculture, on forms prescribed and furnished by the director, a signed written report in duplicate, in such form as is required by the director to enable the director to compute, and assure the accuracy of, the charges due on all grapes and grape juice processed during the preceding year. Payment of the charges in the amount disclosed by the report shall accompany the report.

2001 MISSOURI WINE GRAPE ACREAGE*

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Variety Type Acres

Norton/Cynthiana Red 168

Chardonel White 158

Condord Labrusca 107

Vidal Blanc White 106

Catawba Labrusca 95

Vignoles White 95

Chambourcin Red 73

Seyval White 62

St. Vincent Red 30

Cayuga White White 24

Traminette White 22

Rougeon Red 15

Rayon d’Or White 10

Delaware Labrusca 9

Vivant White 8

Couderc Noir Red 6

Vincent Red 5

DeChaunac Red 4

Villard Noir Red 3

Cabernet Franc Red 3

Other varieties 10

Estimated missing acreage 50

TOTAL ACREAGE: 1065

MEMBERS

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MISSOURI GRAPE PROCESSORS

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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICLUTURE

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Lowell Mohler, Director 573-751-3359

Peter Hofherr, Deputy Director

Jim Anderson, Program Coordinator, Grape & Wine Program 573-751-6807

Denise Kottwitz, Secretary, Grape & Wine Program 573-751-3374

1616 Missouri Blvd. 800-392-WINE

P.O. Box 630 fax: 573-751-2868

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Janine Hodges, Promotion Specialist 314-645-4199

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

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MOUNTAIN GROVE CAMPUS

Dr. James P. Baker, Chancellor, SMSU Research Campus

DEPARTMENT OF FRUIT SCIENCE

Dr. James Moore, Director - State Fruit Experiment Station

9740 Red Spring Road

Mountain Grove, MO 65711

Phone: 417-926-4105

Fax: 417-926-6646

Faculty
Dr. Murli Dharmadhikari , Director – Midwest Viticulture and Enology Center (MVEC) mrd526f@smsu.edu

Dr. Martin Kaps, Pomology, Department Graduate Program Coordinator mlk255f@smsu.edu

Dr. Laszlo G. Kovacs, Biotechnology, Plant Pathology lgk378t@smsu.edu

Dr. Wenping Qiu, Coordinator, Grape Importation wep070f@smsu.edu

Dr. Jose¢ Saenz, Viticulture/Viticulture Research jls299f@smsu.edu

Suzanne Teghtmeyer, Head Librarian srt175f@smsu.edu

Dr. Karl Wilker, Enology klw029f@smsu.edu

Staff
Jack Atchison, Field and Maintenance

John Avery, Field Supervisor/Plant Propagator jda021t@smsu.edu

Patrick Byers, Fruit Grower Advisor plb711t@smsu.edu

Wayne R. Campbell, Spray Operator/Field and Maintenance

Tavis Harris, Enology Technicial tsh573t@smsu.edu

Susanne F. Howard, Viticulture Associate susannehoward@smsu.edu

Michael D. Matthews, Physical Plant Supervisor mdm413t@smsu.edu

Pamela Mayer, Library Associate/Publications pam621t@smsu.edu

Clayton J. Odneal, Jr., Field and Maintenance cjo313t@smsu.edu

Marilyn Odneal, Horticulturist/Distance Education mbo774t@smsu.edu

Kimberly Rey, Assistant to the Director (MVEC) kdr033t@smsu.edu

Pam Turner, Departmental Secretary pjt216t@smsu.edu

Joseph D. Wright, Jr., Field and Maintenance jdw543t@smsu.edu

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