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For those who cannot make our meeting at Big Door Vineyards tomorrow… You can virtually join us to ask questions / participate: Hi there, Cain Hickey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Post-season grower’s roundtable meeting Time: Oct 31, 2018 9:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux,…
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All: Please join us for our post-season grower’s roundtable meeting THIS Wednesday at Bog Door Vineyards. Email Josh Fuder (jfuder@uga.edu) if you plan to attend. Here are all the details: https://viticulture.uga.edu/2018/10/post-growing-season-growers-roundtable-meeting-to-take-place-on-october-31/
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If you are bored while pumping 2018 vintage wine… Please see this link (https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_2qqz6tjt) for a slide show and audio recording of a seminar I gave last week as part of the UGA Horticulture Fall Seminar Series. Perhaps a little bit early to talk about pruning… better than late I suppose. I will also present…
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Please mark your calendars to join us for one or both of the following viticulture/enology-focused conferences in Georgia. Details and agendas for both will be posted to this site soon. Stay tuned. December 11 and 12: UGA/NC State New Grape Grower’s Workshops. Speakers will include UGA faculty and extension agents and out-of-state university specialists…
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The growing season is behind us, which is always welcome after an extremely busy 5 to 6 weeks… still lots going on in the winery, though. A post-growing season growers roundtable meeting will be held at Big Door Vineyards in White, GA on October 31. Big Door Vineyards is located at 125 Clearwater Trail, White,…
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Now that Hurricane Florence has come and gone and calmer conditions have returned to the area, I hope that most of you are back to your regularly scheduled work. A look ahead over the next few weeks shows that in general, warmer and wetter than normal conditions are likely to continue until mid-October. The nights…
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Dear all: Florence was generally kind to us grape growers here in Georgia. Let’s please keep those that were less fortunate in our thoughts and prayers. The weather forecasted for this week looks to be nice for picking. Take advantage of it and get out there and get it done if you can. The Winemakers…
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The path of Hurricane Florence is evolving, and the latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center increase the likelihood that Georgia may experience significant impacts from the storm. A link to my latest weather discussion is below. Of course, the weather pattern is still developing so make sure you are following the forecasts from trusted…
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Have you been taking advantage of the glorious weather to harvest your grapes? We have seen better weather than I expected since my last weather update on August 24. The last two weeks have been much below normal in precipitation and temperatures have been running 2-4 degrees above normal during the same time period for…
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Carol Crumley, owner of CeNita Vineyards in Cleveland, GA, will be teaching a continuing education class entitled “Starting Your Own Vineyard – For Your Own Enjoyment”. This class will be held on all Thursdays in October (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th) at North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville, GA. This class would be worthwhile for…
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