First held in the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding in Siebeldingen, Germany in September of 1973; this international meeting has been held on a four year (loosely) rotation ever since. The proceedings are an excellent source for historical information about breeding and research activities, and looking at these documents gives a good impression of the shifting focus of grape breeding/genetics research since 1973.

With the 7th symposium, in 1998, the title of the event was changed to the International Symposium on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding; and the sponsorship and proceedings fell under the auspices of the International Society of Horticultural Science. Those proceedings are not found here, as they are still available (not cheap) from the ISHS.

The 10th International Symposium on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding will be held in Geneva, New York in August of 2010.

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1st International Symposium on Grape Breeding:
Held 25-29 September 1973 at the Geilweilerhof Federal Research Institute for Vine Breeding, in Siebeldingen, Germany (FRG).
Abstracts only: 103 pages. 2.8 MB

2nd International Symposium on Grape Breeding:
Held 14-18 June 1977, in Bordeaux, France.
Proceedings: 472 pages. 16.3 MB

3rd International Symposium on Grape Breeding:
Held 15-18 June 1980, in Davis, California, USA. Moved off the 4 year schedule to hold it with centennial of the Viticulture & Enology Dept at University of California - Davis.
Proceedings: 331 pages. 9.2 MB

4th International Symposium on Grape Breeding:
Held 13-18 April 1985, in Verona, Italy. Originally published as a special issue of the journal Vignevini.
Proceedings: 299 pages. 34.7 MB. Page 61 is missing from the PDF; sorry, check back in the future.

5th International Symposium on Grape Breeding:
Held 16-16 September 1989, at the Geilweilerhof Federal Research Institute for Vine Breeding, in Siebeldingen, Germany (FRG). Originally published as a special issue of the journal Vitis.
Proceedings: 561 pages. 22.3 MB. Some abstracts were omitted in the PDF; sorry, check back in the future.

6th International Symposium on Grape Breeding:
Held 4-10 September 1994, in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.
Proceedings: 178 pages. 13 MB. PDF may have been created from a draft of the final proceedings.