Bunch Grapes

  • There is a very welcomed update to the February 8th pruning workshop at Cartecay Vineyards: SNA Manufacturing, LLC, based out of Acworth GA, will be sponsoring this event.  SNA Manufacturing (https://www.snamfg.com/) is a US distributor of several agricultural management products.  The product line that SNA Manufacturing distributes that is pertinent to this workshop is Vesco,…

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  • Our second workshop of the year, a vineyard pest and cultural management workshop, will be held on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. The workshop will be held at Stonewall Creek Vineyards (323 Standing Deer Ln, Tiger, GA 30576), and we extend our appreciation in advance to Carla and Carl Fackler and their crew for hosting this…

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  • Our first workshop of the year, a pruning workshop, will be held on Thursday, February 8th from 10 AM – 3:00 PM. The workshop will be held at Cartecay Vineyards (5704 Clear Creek Rd, Ellijay, GA 30536), and we extend our appreciation in advance to Larry Lykins and his crew for hosting this workshop. We…

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  • Please see below for a PDF that UC Davis grape breeder, Dr. Andy Walker, shared with me last night. UC Davis PD-tolerant winegrape releases The PDF describes four of the Pierce’s disease (PD)-tolerant winegrape cultivars that are nearing release from his breeding program.  These releases have great potential to expand the production of high quality…

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  • Happy New Year to y’all. This is a final reminder to send along internship requests and flyers to me (vitis@uga.edu) by February 15th to be considered a potential host for the 2018 edition of the Winegrowers of Georgia internship program. Here is a former post with more information: viticulture.uga.edu/2017/11/reminder-winegrowers-of-georgia-intenrship-program-for-2018/ Best wishes for a great start…

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  • If you are really interested in learning about grapevine trunk diseases, this new journal article is for you (see link).  It is a highly scientific article which covers the state of the art relative this topic.  We mainly have issues with Botryosphaeria-type diseases, and I include Phomopsis in this category as well.  However, we have…

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  • Emily DeFoor, General Manager at Habersham Winery and Georgia Wine Producers President, has recently updated the information about the 2018 Georgia Wine Producers Conference. Some pertinent information follows – please share with those you think will be interested in attending this event. For Registration, Seminar Details, and Hotel, please visit https://www.georgiawineproducers.org/2018-annual-meeting/ The Georgia Wine Producers…

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  • Dear UGA Viticulture Blog Registrants: Please consider attending this wonderful annual event – this year’s is sure to be the best and most informative to date! Also – please forward to friends and colleagues you think might be interested in attending this event.  Feel free to share on social media and industry blogs/web pages/newsletters to…

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  • I hope that everyone has their “wish list” of grapevine rootstocks and cultivars on order through nurseries at this point (in fact, 18 months in advance of vine delivery increases the chance of rootstock/scion preference, but ordering vines this far in advance may not always practical…). I often hear from industry members that Petit Manseng…

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  • For those who are unable to physically attend and participate in the grower’s roundtable meeting taking place tomorrow at 10 AM at Kaya Vineyards, we are going to try something new and last minute: You can virtually attend using zoom from a computer or phone. Here is how: Cain Hickey is inviting you to a…

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