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The vineyard tour is scheduled for next Wednesday, August 8th. Please see previous post here for tour details and information on how to pre-register, which is required. Note that you do not have to ride on the bus if you do not wish. You may opt to driver your personal vehicle if doing so better…
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This is a reminder to register for the muscadine conference to be held NEXT Thursday, July 26th, at Wolf Creek Plantation in Americus, GA. An update is that we have a conference sponsor. SNA Manufacturing / Vesco Tools is out of Acworth, GA. Alex Mussa will be in attendance to talk about Vesco tools and…
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The UGA Extension Viticulture Team will be holding a vineyard tour and research / practice discussion in collaboration with several vineyards and wineries. The vineyard tour will take place on August 8th, 2018 and is sponsored by White County Farmer’s Exchange. We thank White County Farmer’s Exchange for their continued support of UGA Extension and…
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There will be a muscadine conference held on Thursday, July 26th. The event will be hosted by Wolf Creek Plantation (https://www.wolfcreekplantation.com/) in Americus, GA. Thanks in advance to Matt Johnson and his crew for hosting this event. Agenda is as follows: 8:45 – 9:15 AM: Registration and coffee; welcome, Cain Hickey, UGA Viticulture Extension Specialist…
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This is a reminder that the annual Southern Winegrape Symposium will be held on Saturday, June 9th at the Carroll County Ag Center in Carrollton, Georgia. Please se previous post by Paula Burke, Carroll County Extension Coordinator and ANR Agent, for more details: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2018/05/2018-southern-winegrape-symposium-in-west-georgia/
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… please contact Cheng-Fang Hong, Dr. Phil Brannen’s graduate student. Here is the note that Cheng-Fang sent me the other day: “I am looking for phylloxera galls on Blanc du Bois leaves. Specifically, I will need mature Blanc du Bois leaves with some well formed phylloxera galls. The galls and leaves should remain viable and…
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I think only Grateful Dead fans will understand the unworthy attempt at being funny in the title… sorry. But it has been a long, strange pre-bloom / bloom period in Georgia vineyards, and perhaps throughout other grape growing regions in the southeastern US. Most bunch grape vineyards in Georgia are well into bloom or early…
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Grapes are important. But then I hear news like I did today and I think… grapes are still important. BUT… not as important as this amazing news: Kenneth Clay Eason was born as healthy as they come – 9 lbs 14 oz of pure miracle and beauty! “Clay” is the son of two proud parents:…
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I have unfortunately received many recent calls about frost issues in vineyards. For the third time, I am going to post the extension pub that is currently in editorial phase before it will be officially published through UGA Extension. That bulletin should cover what I’ll say here in brief. Vineyard Frost Protection Extension Bulletin_blog share…
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This is the final reminder to register for the Effective Vineyard Spraying Conference, to be held from 9 AM to 5 PM THIS THURSDAY (April 26th) at Frogtown Cellars in Dahlonega, Georgia. We have had good response so far – many thanks to all that have already registered. A couple items: (1) Registrants…