Muscadine Grapes

  • 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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  • I had the pleasure of moderating the “Muscadine Session” this past Saturday at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah. Many of our muscadine industry leaders here in Georgia contributed to this session, including Dr. Patrick Conner (UGA Hort. Dept.), Greg Ison (Ison’s Nursery), and Simone Bergese (Chateau Elan). Greg presented on cultural…

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  • Happy New Year to y’all. This is a final reminder to send along internship requests and flyers to me (vitis@uga.edu) by February 15th to be considered a potential host for the 2018 edition of the Winegrowers of Georgia internship program. Here is a former post with more information: site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2017/11/reminder-winegrowers-of-georgia-intenrship-program-for-2018/ Best wishes for a great start…

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  • Emily DeFoor, General Manager at Habersham Winery and Georgia Wine Producers President, has recently updated the information about the 2018 Georgia Wine Producers Conference. Some pertinent information follows – please share with those you think will be interested in attending this event. For Registration, Seminar Details, and Hotel, please visit https://www.georgiawineproducers.org/2018-annual-meeting/ The Georgia Wine Producers…

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  • Dear UGA Viticulture Blog Registrants: Please consider attending this wonderful annual event – this year’s is sure to be the best and most informative to date! Also – please forward to friends and colleagues you think might be interested in attending this event.  Feel free to share on social media and industry blogs/web pages/newsletters to…

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  • For those who are unable to physically attend and participate in the grower’s roundtable meeting taking place tomorrow at 10 AM at Kaya Vineyards, we are going to try something new and last minute: You can virtually attend using zoom from a computer or phone. Here is how: Cain Hickey is inviting you to a…

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  • We have had only a handful of registrants for the grower roundtable meeting scheduled for next Wednesday, November 1 at Kaya Vineyard and Winery.  This meeting will start at 10 AM. Details can be found in a previous post: https://site.extension.uga.edu/viticulture/2017/10/post-harvest-roundtable-meeting-scheduled-for-november-1-2017/ Maybe only a handful of people are interested in attending this meeting.  However, I wanted…

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  • I write a column in the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium’s quarterly newsletter entitled “Small Fruit News”. The column is a “grape chores list” to complement the caneberry and strawberry chores lists contained in the newsletter. This chores list may contain some information that is valuable to blog readers, so I thought I’d share it.…

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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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