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Faculty Focus: Spayd is a Winner in Growing the U.S. Wine-Grape Industry

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Grapes on a conveyor

Jul 20, 2022

Muscadine So Fine

Muscadine grapes are one of the new “it” superfoods. The Farms, Food and You podcast talks with Mark Hoffmann, a small fruits specialist with NC State Extension, about the muscadine industry in North Carolina. 
an aerial view of a vineyard in North Carolina

May 24, 2022

A Fruitful and Balanced Industry

Mark Hoffmann, an assistant professor and Extension small fruits specialist, gives an inside look at the North Carolina wine industry and the local vineyards behind NC State’s Hallowed Places Collection. 
Two men and a woman examining grapes in a vineyard.

Jun 26, 2019

Faculty Focus: Spayd is a Winner in Growing the U.S. Wine-Grape Industry

NC State University Professor Emerita Sara Spayd has spent decades working to build the U.S. wine-grape industry, and the American Society of Enology and Viticulture recently celebrated her accomplishments with its highest honor, the Award of Merit.