VCE Vineyard meetings and update on the commercial grape PMG

Upcoming virtual vineyard meetings The viticulture group at the AHS Jr. AREC will be hosting a series of four monthly, on-line viticulture meetings starting Thursday, 22 April 2021. The content… Read more

Start of the 2021 season!

Our eight years old chardonnay is about 50% bud break as of yesterday, and I am sure that growers in the south have seen buds and shoots already with the… Read more

Reminder for Phomopsis management

It looks like our Chardonnay buds are swelling, which probably means that growers in the south and central Virginia either start to see bud break. Then the forecast is calling… Read more

Grape Disease Management Workshops and grapeIPM.org training

If you wish to attend upcoming grape disease workshops and grapeIPM.org training, please register using this form (CLICK this line) so that I can send you an invitation to the… Read more

2021 Pest Management Guides for grapes (UPDATED 3 Nov. 2021)

Updated: Links below are for the 2021 edition of Pest Management Guides. The first one is for home gardens, and the second is for commercial productions. I asked them to… Read more

2021 Pest Management Guides

Here are links to the 2021 edition of Pest Management Guides. Unlike the past years, all the crops are combined together. (i.e., I cannot separate the grape section.) Once you… Read more

Up coming extension meetings!

As noted in the previous post, there will be a series of workshops coming up this and next month. March 16th (1 – 4 PM): Grape IPM workshop This is… Read more

Slides from Grape Disease Management Workshop at the VVA meeting

Thanks again to those of you who were able to attend my workshop last Friday. As we discussed, here is the slide set from my presentation (pdf, opens a new… Read more

Fungicide application template, a table of fungicide resistance, and upcoming meetings

I have updated my fungicide application template that I have been using for my fungicide guides. If you are interested in it, download it from this link. This will open a… Read more

Job opening at Unionville vineyards in Ringoes, NJ

FYI: They are looking for a winemaker, if you are interested see below for more detail. https://www.winebusiness.com/classifieds/winejobs/?go=listing&listingid=202628 Read more
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