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Slides from today's presentation, meetings, and newsletters (email subscription)

Presentation slides

Thank you to those of you who were able to make it to the meeting today. Here are slides from today's presentation (open PDF). 

Up-coming meetings

  • Eastern Section American Society for Enology and Viticulture annual meeting (7 – 8 July): The ASEV/ES meeting will occur on-line this summer. See https://www.asev-es.org/ for details on the meeting, which will include research presentations and a panel discussion entitled “Future Grape Cultivars for Eastern North American Growers”.
  • Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum (13 July): The July 13th meeting is the next of a series of 4 virtual meetings organized by viticulture and enology extension specialists at Penn State, Cornell, and Virginia Tech. In addition to regional round-ups of seasonal progress, specialists from around the eastern US address pre-submitted questions from participants. Registration instructions and additional information about the meetings can be found on the attached Word document.
  • Virginia Vineyards Association/Virginia Tech Summer Technical meeting (28 July)
    • Virginia Tech’s AHS Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center is pleased to host the Virginia Vineyards Association (VVA) and others to a viticulture/enology field day on Wednesday 28 July 2021. This will be largely outdoors, in-person, and in the heat of late-July. If you are not fully vaccinated for Covid-19 (2+ weeks post final vaccination), please wear a face-mask. Meeting registration information will be available soon at the VVA website:  https://virginiavineyardsassociation.org
    • The day-long program, starts with registration at 8:00 am and includes the following, with much of the content simultaneously translated to Spanish:
    • Review of viticulture and grape pathology research projects at the AREC (Use of ABA to delay budburst, field trial of enzymatic fungicide for powdery mildew management; use of rainshields under field conditions; novel wine grape variety research, and more)
    • Invited speaker on ripe rot and other late-season rots of grape
    • Demonstration of under-trellis vegetation management options (Winchester Equipment)
    •  Catered lunch
    • Hands-on canopy assessment and late-season tune-up
    • Grower’s experience with Petit Manseng, including tasting of different Petit Manseng wine styles
    • An opportunity to socialize with other industry members
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