I received three emails from different vineyards (Southern, Northern, and Central VA) with black rot pictures. Yes, it is a little early for us to talk about black rot, but… Read more
As Tony noted in his email, we will have a vineyard meeting on this Wednesday. April 25th Barren Ridge Vineyards, http://www.barrenridgevineyardsva.com/ John and Shelby Higgs 984 Barren Ridge… Read more
A series of rain events started around 3:00 PM on 21 April in Winchester area. We are still receiving some precipitations today, and the relative humidity was high (>90%) all… Read more
Winchester area received a series of rain events from 5:30AM on 18 April. It lasted about 10 PM. Since the rain stopped at night, leaf wetness is still on-going (i.e.,… Read more
There was a very short shower went through Winchester area around midnight last night. It lasted about 1.5 hrs, the air was relatively dry (~80% RH), and the average temperature… Read more
It is just a reminder that we will have a vineyard meeting tomorrow, starting at 11 AM at Horton vineyard and winery, then move to Barboursville. Tony, Tremain, and I… Read more
Winchester area received some precipitation last night; however, the length of the rain event was short (30-40 min), the average temperature was low (48-49F), and relative humidity did not stay… Read more
Here comes 2012 version of “Workbook for developing an effective fungicide program for Wine grapes in VA” (<- click to download a pdf file). If you receive Tony’s Viticulture Notes,… Read more
Rain from yesterday (4/2/12) started around 9PM on 4/1, and lasted until 2:30AM or so. The RH was high (>90%) until 3:55AM, thus this was about 7 hours of wetness… Read more
As of 3/29/12, about 20% of our Chardonnay buds and shoots are showing the injuries from the frost event on 3/27/12. Damages on Merlot is about 5%. I hope your… Read more