Newsletters

• New UGA Viticulturist and our Georgia March

  Sarah Lowder

  March 29, 2023

  

  Hello everybody! If we have not had the opportunity to meet yet, my name is Sarah Lowder and I am the new Viticulture Extension Specialist for UGA! I got started earlier this March and have been able to meet many of you thus far (but hope to meet the rest of you soon!). Though I…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Newsletters, Weather

• Keep an eye out for Spotted Lanternfly

  Sarah Lowder

  July 23, 2024

  

  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…

  Posted in: Newsletters, Pest management Guidelines

• 2023 Grape Harvest Reporting

  Sarah Lowder

  October 18, 2023

  As most of us have wrapped up our grape harvest for 2023, please take a few minutes to (anonymously) share some of your grape quality information! https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ojgiMN5H5sDyDQ Fill in as much information as you can, but we are just asking for the grape variety, harvest date, county, Brix, TA, and pH at harvest. We shall…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters

• Small Fruits News – Volume 20, No. 1 – Winter 2020

  caesweb

  January 24, 2020

  The latest edition of Small Fruits News is now available here: https://smallfruits.org/category/small-fruit-news/winter-2020/ The “Grape Chores” may be of particular interest to UGA Extension Viticulture Blog subscribers.

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Events, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters

• Small Fruits News – Fall 2019 Edition

  caesweb

  October 15, 2019

  Dear all: HELLO! I hope all had an enjoyable and successful culmination to the 2019 vintage. I think most were generally pleased with the weather conditions of 2019, particularly when compared to the last two vintages. Those who planted vineyards this year may have been a little caught off guard by the persistent dry weather…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters

• Small Fruits News, Vol. 19, No. 2 available now

  caesweb

  April 9, 2019

  Please see the following link to view the newest installment of Small Fruits News (Vol. 19, No. 2), a quarterly publication from the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium. Small Fruits News is made possible through the collaborative efforts of specialists from southeastern US land grant universities. Vol19-Issue2     Of note to viticulture blog subscribers,…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters, Pest management Guidelines

• Small Fruits News, Vol. 19, No. 1 available now

  caesweb

  February 4, 2019

  Please see the following link to view the newest installment of Small Fruits News (Vol. 19, No. 1), a quarterly publication from the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium. Small Fruits News is made possible through the collaborative efforts of specialists from southeastern US land grant universities. Vol19-Issue1   Of note to viticulture blog subscribers, the…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters, Pest management Guidelines

• UGA Extension Viticulture Promotion

  caesweb

  December 6, 2018

  I was asked to share this story and video. Please read and view if interested. https://itstartswith.uga.edu/success_story/the-economic-impact-of-wine/ The University of Georgia’s Division of Marketing and Communications approached us this past fall to put this together. Nick, Leigh, and their colleagues did a fine job promoting and documenting what our viticulture team is doing for the industry…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Newsletters, Uncategorized

• Grape Chores published in Small Fruits Newsletter

  caesweb

  April 12, 2018

  All: I posted a list of timely vineyard management tasks to the blog on April 6th. In case y’all missed it or want it in “official format”, here is the official “grape chores” list, which is contained in “Small Fruit News,” a quarterly publication from the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium (www.smallfruits.org). Small Fruits Newsletter…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters

• Vineyard “chores” from now until June/July

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  April 6, 2018

  All: Please see the bunch grape chores list that will be coming out through the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium’s quarterly newsletter entitled “Small Fruit News”. Small fruits – grape chores April 2018 I will share this list again when it is officially published in a week or two (at www.smallfruits.org/). However, I wanted to…

  Posted in: Bunch Grapes, Muscadine Grapes, Newsletters, Pest management Guidelines