On-going disase risk

As usual, we start our season with rains.  It has been more than 13hr of wetness so far at Winchester with an average temperature of low 50s.  It has accounted… Read more

Vineyard Meeting at Early Mountain

We will have a vineyard meeting tomorrow (sorry for a late notice…  I have been bit busy…) at Early Mountain vineyards. We will start from 11 and finish around 3. … Read more

Start of the season!

Our 6 years old  Chardonnay had 100% bud break today (4/22/2015)!  Looks our our season has officially started. There has been a few email inquiries came to my inbox about… Read more

Early spring rains can promote Phomopsis development

Our young Chardonnay vines are in bud swell stage, and others are tagging along.  It looks like we will see bud break in a week or two. One of diseases… Read more

2015 IPM workshop 3/10 @ King Family Vineyards

2015 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) meeting announcement Virginia Cooperative Extension Specialists will review pest management considerations for a full day IPM workshop.  The morning of review will be followed by… Read more

My Presentations from 2015 VVA meeting

It was nice to see you all at the VVA meeting.  Here are slides of my presentations.  The links should open up files in my Google Drive (pdf files). 1)… Read more

Information on VVA 2015 (re-post)

Here comes information on this year’s VVA meeting! If you are new to the industry, please consider attending VA vineyards association’s annual meeting.  This year, we have a half-day beginner’s… Read more

Pruning workshops (re-posting)

It looks like there were some errors with my previous posting, so, here you go again! 2015 Virginia Cooperative Extension pruning workshops Specialists with Virginia Tech’s AHS Jr. AREC and… Read more

Upcoming meetings in Winter 2015

Happy New Year to everybody!  Here comes a series of meetings offered through our group.  Hope to see you soon!!  2014 Virginia Cooperative Extension pruning workshops Specialists with Virginia Tech’s… Read more

Beginner’s Workshop in 11/20 at AHS AREC!

If you are interested in starting a new vineyard, or just have started, please join our beginner’s workshop. Introduction to mid-Atlantic wine grape production  Virginia Tech’s AHS Jr. AREC Winchester,… Read more
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