We haven’t experienced major disease event for a while. On 7/9-7/10/09, we had two consecutive nights that were favorable for downy mildew sporulation, and on 7/11/09, there was a short… Read more
I hope all of you had a nice 4th of July weekend. I’m glad that we did not see the forecasted thunderstorm events. Most of vines should be approaching the… Read more
Thank you very much for attending the vineyard meeting at Doukenie last night. If you could not make it, you can download my note from here. As I mentioned several… Read more
Thank you for those of you who made to the meeting at White Hall. My handout can be downloaded from the previous post. The rain is gone for now, and… Read more
As Tony mentioned in his email, we will have a series of vineyard meetings this week. The first one is tomorrow at Linden vineyards, starting from 11 am. I’ll talk… Read more
In the past few days, we had about 2 inches of rain at Winchester, but I heard that there were up to 5 inches rains observed in some places. Since… Read more
There was a sprinkle in the morning, but so far, we haven’t experienced a significant rain event yet at Winchester. Our Chardonnay and Cabernet sauvignon have been moving its growth… Read more
(Today’s picture is our friend Phomopsis again!Left side has more spots probably because it is closer to the vinewhere the fungus survives and produce spores.Spores were rain splashed to the… Read more
I appreciate those of you who showed up at the meeting. I’ll try to visit the meeting in the other regions as much as possible. [I do have a research… Read more
Our low was low 40’s this morning. It suppose to be warmer tomorrow and I hope that we do not get any frost damage. We’ll see. We received several disease… Read more