Virginia Grape Disease Updates

Here comes information on this year's VVA meeting! If you are new to the industry, please consider attending VA vineyards association’s annual meeting.  This year, we have a half-day beginner’s workshop on Thursday the Feb 5th Introduction to mid-Atlantic wine grape production When: 5 February 2015 Where: Omni Hotel, Charlottesville VA (part of the VVA’s winter technical meeting) Registration: At VVA website (http://www.virginiavineyardsassociation.com/) Details: This will be a team-taught program designed for those either exploring grape production or recently engaged in wine grape growing. Program will be followed by a reception with experienced grape growers and winery representatives. Virginia Vineyards Association’s winter technical meeting When: 6 -7 February 2015 Where: Omni Hotel, Charlottesville VA Registration: At VVA website (http://www.virginiavineyardsassociation.com/). The meeting is open to all, not just VVA members. The program timing details are p...

It looks like there were some errors with my previous posting, so, here you go again! 2015 Virginia Cooperative Extension pruning workshops Specialists with Virginia Tech’s AHS Jr. AREC and local Virginia Cooperative Extension agents will conduct two commercial viticulture pruning workshops in January. These workshops will involve classroom style presentations followed by guided practice in the vineyard. Both programs will provide a review of the fundamentals of dormant pruning. Moving to the vineyard we will then focus on pruning strategies for vines with winter injury and crown gall where trunk-renewal and retraining are necessary to compensate for injury sustained in the 2013/2014 winter. There will be two meetings! Meeting #1 When : January 19 th 2015 (Central Virginia) @11:30am Where : Democracy Vineyards http://democracyvineyards.com/ 585 Mountain Cove Rd., Lovingston VA 22949 Meeting #2 When : January 23 rd 2015 (Northern Virginia) @ 11:30 am Wh...

Happy New Year to everybody!  Here comes a series of meetings offered through our group.  Hope to see you soon!!   2014 Virginia Cooperative Extension pruning workshops Specialists with Virginia Tech’s AHS Jr. AREC and local Virginia Cooperative Extension agents will conduct two commercial viticulture pruning workshops in January. These workshops will involve classroom style presentations followed by guided practice in the vineyard. Both programs will provide a review of the fundamentals of dormant pruning. Moving to the vineyard we will then focus on pruning strategies for vines with winter injury and crown gall where trunk-renewal and retraining are necessary to compensate for injury sustained in the 2013/2014 winter. When : January 19 th 2015 (Central Virginia) @11:30am Where : Democracy Vineyards http://democracyvineyards.com/ 585 Mountain Cove Rd., Lovingston VA 22949 When : January 23 rd 2015 (Northern Virginia) @ 11:30 am Where : Desert Rose Ranch and...