Muscadine Grapes
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There will b a winemaking technical meeting held at Sweet Acre Farms on the 13th of March from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Agenda: 9:30 am– Separation Anxiety: Observational Insights to Understanding Wine Filtration. Presented by Maria Paterson, Filtration Specialist at Scott Laboratories. 10:45 am– Break 11:00 am– Liquid tannins from oak and…
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I have received calls/concerns about adjusting pruning practice based on the warm weather patterns we are currently experiencing. The questions really being asked are “when should I final prune?” and “should I delay prune?” given the high potential for yet another relatively early bud break this year. –When to make the final prune (“final prune”…
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As promised, here are the presentations from the 2018 Georgia Wine Producers Conference: Jason Burrus: Hybrid winemaking_GWP_Burrus Tony Wolf: Nutrition_GWP_Wolf Annette Boyd: VA marketing_GWP_Boyd Rachael White: VSP retro-fit_GWP-White Cain Hickey: Growing blend_GWP_Hickey Andy Walker: PD-resistant_GWP_Walker Thanks to all of our presenters and all who came out to support and enjoy this wonderful event. Already looking forward to the 2019 GWP Conference……
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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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I had the pleasure of moderating the “Muscadine Session” this past Saturday at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah. Many of our muscadine industry leaders here in Georgia contributed to this session, including Dr. Patrick Conner (UGA Hort. Dept.), Greg Ison (Ison’s Nursery), and Simone Bergese (Chateau Elan). Greg presented on cultural…
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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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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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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…