Bruce Reisch

Professor, Cornell University

 

Bruce specializes in the development of new wine and table grape varieties, as well as new grape breeding techniques. His grape breeding program continues to emphasize wine variety development with a strong emphasis on combining wine quality with disease resistance and cold tolerance. He is the previous co-director for the VitisGen2 project, where he led the breeding and local phenotyping team. 

Image of Bruce Reisch in vineyard