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  • Georgia pesticide license credits will be available for attendees of the March 14th workshop in Tiger, GA. Details here: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2018/01/vineyard-pest-management-and-spray-schedule-workshop/ 3 hours of credit will be given for Category 21 Commercial Applicators, and 1 hour will be given for Private Applicators. Please bring your license numbers to complete the CEU forms. Please contact John Scaduto (John.Scaduto@uga.edu)…

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  • This is a reminder of TWO workshops that will be held in northern Georgia next week.   March 13th: Winemaking Technical Seminar at Sweet Acre Farms Winery. Sweet Acre Farms Winery, 7570 Bill Wilson Rd, Alto, GA 30510 Details here: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2018/02/winemaking-technical-seminar-to-be-held-march-13th-at-sweet-acre-farms/   March 14th: Seasonal pest and canopy management workshop at Stonewall Creek Vineyards. Stonewall…

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  • There will b a winemaking technical meeting held at Sweet Acre Farms on the 13th of March from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Agenda: 9:30 am– Separation Anxiety: Observational Insights to Understanding Wine Filtration. Presented by Maria Paterson, Filtration Specialist at Scott Laboratories.   10:45 am– Break   11:00 am– Liquid tannins from oak and…

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  • I have received calls/concerns about adjusting pruning practice based on the warm weather patterns we are currently experiencing. The questions really being asked are “when should I final prune?” and “should I delay prune?” given the high potential for yet another relatively early bud break this year. –When to make the final prune (“final prune”…

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  • Please see this PDF for a list of timely “grape chores” that are published quarterly in the Small Fruits Newsletter from the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium (www.smallfruits.org). UGA Extension Viticulture Team members Dr. Phil Brannen and Mr. Wayne Mitchem have both contributed to this edition’s grape chores.  We thank them. This is Newsletter Vol.…

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  • Vineyard and Winery Association of West Georgia invites you to their annual pruning workshop to be held on Saturday, March 3 at Trillium Vineyards.  UGA Viticulture Specialist Dr. Cain Hickey will be the featured speaker to discuss and demonstrate the proper techniques of pruning winegrapes.  The pruning workshop is for all interested in winegrape production.  The vines…

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  • As promised, here are the presentations from the 2018 Georgia Wine Producers Conference: Jason Burrus: Hybrid winemaking_GWP_Burrus Tony Wolf: Nutrition_GWP_Wolf Annette Boyd: VA marketing_GWP_Boyd Rachael White: VSP retro-fit_GWP-White Cain Hickey: Growing blend_GWP_Hickey Andy Walker: PD-resistant_GWP_Walker Thanks to all of our presenters and all who came out to support and enjoy this wonderful event. Already looking forward to the 2019 GWP Conference……

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  • There is a very welcomed update to the February 8th pruning workshop at Cartecay Vineyards: SNA Manufacturing, LLC, based out of Acworth GA, will be sponsoring this event.  SNA Manufacturing (https://www.snamfg.com/) is a US distributor of several agricultural management products.  The product line that SNA Manufacturing distributes that is pertinent to this workshop is Vesco,…

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  • Our second workshop of the year, a vineyard pest and cultural management workshop, will be held on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. The workshop will be held at Stonewall Creek Vineyards (323 Standing Deer Ln, Tiger, GA 30576), and we extend our appreciation in advance to Carla and Carl Fackler and their crew for hosting this…

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  • Our first workshop of the year, a pruning workshop, will be held on Thursday, February 8th from 10 AM – 3:00 PM. The workshop will be held at Cartecay Vineyards (5704 Clear Creek Rd, Ellijay, GA 30536), and we extend our appreciation in advance to Larry Lykins and his crew for hosting this workshop. We…

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