One last post for the 2021 season!

I thought the last post was the final one for this year, but there is another and a very good one! Please find the final report from the Sentinel Vineyard… Read more

Seasons greetings!

I hope you and your family have a good holiday season and a Happy (and safe) New Year! Thanks again for your support of our programs. Here are some recent… Read more

Looking for WPS training?

If you are looking for someone to train your vineyard workers to be in compliance with the Worker Protection Standard, you may find the information below useful. If you have… Read more

My slides from today’s beginner’s workshop

Thanks for participating in the meeting today. We had very good discussions. I wish you all the best! Below are my presentation slides about the basics of wine grape disease… Read more

Two upcoming meetings and Sentinel Vineyard Report #2

I think many readers of this blog subscribe to Tony’s viticulture note, but just in case, here is some information that you may be interested in. The second Sentinel Vineyards… Read more

Recent downy mildew risk events.

(Updated 23 Sept 2021 to fix the broken links) It seems that several rain events have happened over the course of the past two weeks or so. Here is a… Read more

New non-bearing grape guide and a list of fungicides for the home garden grapes.

Please find a link below to download a new disease management guide for non-bearing grapes. As with the other VCE guides, you need to click on the “Preview” icon, which… Read more

A quick reminder for late-season disease management materials

In preparation for hurricane Ida, here is some information that you may find useful (This is a repeat of the previous post, but I received some emails asking for them.)… Read more

Late-season disease management tips

Recent rains and more rains in the forecast made me think of downy mildew. Let’s take a look at what the NEWA DMCast model says about downy mildew risks from… Read more

My handout from today’s VVA summer technical meeting.

Thanks again to those of you who made it to the meeting. It was nice to have a face-to-face meeting after the whole thing we are in together. Here’s my… Read more
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