Sarah Lowder

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    Amelia Lyons walking between vines during her time as a UGA Winegrower Intern at Stonewall Creek in 2023. Photo by Chamberlain Smith

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  • Just a reminder for everyone who can join us to view and taste existing and potential new cultivars of fresh market muscadine grapes.  When and where: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.-Saturday, August 17, 2024, meet at the UGA Tifton Campus Muscadine Vineyard (see picture below). Dr. Conner will be on-hand throughout the morning, and a…

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  • Harvest 2024!

    Grapes harvest has officially begun in Georgia! I have loved seeing and hearing the reports from folks across south and middle Georgia as they begin their harvest and get prepped for the harvest days! While many cultivars/areas still have weeks to months before harvest, I figure I will repost some of the considerations for deciding…

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  • Keep an eye out for Spotted Lanternfly

    As of yet, the spotted lanternfly HAS NOT been found in Georgia, but as a high priority invasive species, if you suspect you have found this insect, please report via  EDDMapS website or EDDMapS app. Spotted lanternfly is a pest of grapevine, but it also enjoys the invasive plant Tree-of-Heaven (mentioned below) and many other plants found…

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  • Join us to view and taste existing and potential new cultivars of fresh market muscadine grapes.  When and where: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.-Saturday, August 17, 2024, meet at the UGA Tifton Campus Muscadine Vineyard (see picture below). Dr. Conner will be on-hand throughout the morning, and a tour will be led at 9:00. Visitors…

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  • Join us for a vineyard workshop: Effective Vineyard Spraying: Sprayer Calibration, Coverage, and Safety on Tuesday, June 25th for a day of learning, camaraderie, and pesticide credits! Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/effective-vineyard-spraying-sprayer-calibration-coverage-and-safety-tickets-925979388277?aff=oddtdtcreator

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  • Join us Wednesday, for the last viticulture webinar in the Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum (EVEF) winter webinar series this Wednesday, March 20th 2024 from noon to 1:30PM for “Addressing Climate Change Challenges Through Vineyard Management Strategies”. This webinar includes a grower panel from across the Eastern US (including our own Georgia grower, Eric Seifarth!),…

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  • Muscadine Grape Management Poster

    Last call for anyone potentially looking to host one of our UGA Winegrower Interns this year! See my previous post for additional information. I am happy to share the digital copy of the Muscadine Management Poster – another collaborative effort from many of the southeastern US university (UGA, UT, NCSU, UArk, AU) Extension Specialists for…

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  • Call for UGA Winegrower Internship Hosts!

    To all viticulture blog subscribers that are vineyard and winery owners in Georgia: We are recruiting hosts for the Winegrowers of Georgia Internship Program for the 2024 field season; we have several excellent undergraduate candidates we are about to start interviewing, but we still need a few more hosts for this season! For those looking for more…

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  • Just a reminder for tomorrow’s winemaking webinar, with our own Nathan Eason hosting Dr. Andreea Botezatu, an Enology Specialist at Texas A&M and her PhD student Cassie Hutcheson. They will be talking about using verjus as a wine acidifier (including the economics of the practice). You can register to access this webinar and all future…

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