As with many other places in the VA, we were suffering from frost damages. We experienced several near freezing events this year, and most notably, a few hours of 25F… Read more
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
The two hot days we had pushed things quickly. Our Chardonnay buds are swelling and some are even broke. Our Merlot is bit behind, but not by much. Cab sauvignon… Read more
Wow, we had another above 90F day here in Winchester. As of noon today, Chardonnay was 100% bud break with about 50% of them had fully expanded lower leaves. Cabernet… Read more
We have seen some damage due to climbing cutworms on Chardonnay. Since I’m not an entomologist, I’ll refer to Dr. Pfeiffer’s page for the description of the insect. Virginia Tech’s… Read more