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The UGA Extension Viticulture Team will be hosting a post-harvest grower roundtable discussion. The goal for this meeting is to discuss the often-difficult 2017 season, and ask questions and share ideas for moving forward so that challenges may be overcome in 2018 and in the future. This is a good time to discuss any and…
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Dear all: As coordinator of the UGA Winegrowers of Georgia Internship program, I would encourage all vineyards and wineries that are interested in hosting a summer intern to start thinking about drafting up an advertisement flyer so that these can be shared with interested interns. I would prefer that the interested host vineyards and wineries…
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I have been asked about the need to apply fertilizer after harvest. Studies have shown that root mass increases considerably after harvest, and continues on this trend for about five to six weeks before levelling off at leaf fall. During the post-harvest / pre-leaf drop period, roots can take up nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, and…
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Dear all: I wanted to share a well-written note regarding Norton winemaking. a note on Norton astringency An industry member wrote it up, and I take absolutely zero credit for it. Thanks to this member for their kindness in sharing their thoughts with the true aim of helping out all who work with Norton in…
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Dear all: First and most importantly: I know many of our blog subscribers were in Irma territory. I sincerely hope everyone that was in the path of Hurricane Irma is safe out there. Harvest update: I have seen and heard about some good things out there despite this tough, wet year. I have also seen…
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I have had the pleasure of being out and about in some muscadine vineyards over the last several days and wanted to give an update on what’s going on in the muscadine world here in Georgia – it is quite an eventful time with harvest upon us… Fresh market: Harvest for fresh market muscadine grapes…
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The following was written by John Scaduto, Rabun County Extension Coordinator, ANR Agent, and UGA Viticulture Extension Team member. Thank you for the insight, John. Research and experience has necessitated several manual labor tasks being performed in wine grape vineyards before the fruit ever reaches the winery. Of the major vineyard tasks during the…
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MONITORING MATURITY: Monitoring grape maturity is important in order to determine when to pick. I am not going to go into the rather subjective details of what defines maturity for making quality wine. Most industry practitioners use a combination of chemical and sensory evaluations to determine when to pick (… as well as the physical…
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This is a final reminder that The UGA Extension New Grape Grower’s Conference will take place next Wednesday, August, 17th at Crane Creek Vineyards in Young Harris, Georgia. You can sign up here until Monday at 5 PM: https://events.attend.com/f/1383779861 The final schedule is here: New Growers Workshop 2017 Program See y’all there.
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