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Some of our earlier harvested varieties, like Blanc du Bois, in west GA have their harvest start scheduled very soon! While many of you still have several weeks before harvest begins, it is time to refresh on things to keep in mind when making harvest decisions. Harvest Decision Considerations: Repost from 2018 by Cain: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2018/08/harvest-update-good-luck/…
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Please join us on August 16th for a mid season meeting to discuss current conditions and look towards harvest. With our new Viticulture Specialist Sarah Lowder on board, we look forward to bringing more frequent workshops back to the industry. Please click on the pdf link below to go to registration page. $20 gets you…
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Hello all, Next week we will be discussing making wines with other fruit. We have a wine maker from Iowa who will be our main presenter. If you have experience in making fruit wine, we’d love for you to join our conversation and tell of your experiences. See flyer below and click the link or…
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We often think about pruning as a winter activity. However, this process starts much earlier in the year. Vines under stress are much more easily identified during the summer. Residual effects from cold damage or trunk disease issues, while they can appear early in the season, are often becoming more apparent as we move forward…
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In Georgia and the Southeast as a whole, we grow vinifera, muscadine and other native grapes, and various hybrids. The acid profiles of these grapes are highly variable, and they will contribute to the quality of wines produced. Dr. Abhinav Mishra (UGA Food Science Department) will be conducting some preliminary experiments to explore the acid…
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We do now have an option for fungicide resistance testing of several pathogens of wine grapes. These include pathogens associated with powdery mildew, downy mildew, ripe rot, and Botrytis. Now is a good time to test, as pathogens are being observed in some vineyards, and testing now can allow you to switch fungicide classes to…
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Some of you may have already conducted leaf removal in your vineyards, but some of you are now getting into the early fruit development stage where leaf removal is considered more of the ‘standard’ time point. See some of lovely pictures of some fresh leaf removal from Bill Cox. Q: Why remove leaves? A: Fruit-zone…
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Out in the Watkinsville Hort Farm this morning I noticed some Japanese beetles – the season is upon us! Below is some information that Dr. Brett Blaauw posted previously that some of you may find helpful. Let me know what ya’ll are seeing in your own vineyards – how has it compared to previous years?…
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Hi All! I am just sending out a reminder (with more details!) about the New Grower Symposium on June 24th! For those of you interested in a day to learn about how to start a vineyard, I would love to see you at the New Grape Grower Symposium in at the Carroll County Agricultural Education…
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Bloom is one of the common times for grapevine tissue nutrient sampling. This information is the most useful to look at if you have multiple years of data on the same vines (or want to start that collection) or noticed some foliar nutrition symptoms in the vines previously (as the symptoms are less likely to…