Grapevine Leafroll & Red Blotch Viruses Management Discussion at the Unified Symposium
By Judit Monis, Ph.D. Last January I attended the virus management session organized by the Unified Symposium in Sacramento, CA. Maher Al Rwahnih, James Stamp, Rick Hamman, and Eric Pooler were invited speakers. While it is common sense that it is important to plant healthy vines to avoid the perpetration ...
What is a Winemaker? (Part 2)
By Thomas J. Payette, Winemaking Consultant (Part 1 Ran in the January-February 2019 Issue) Cellar Logistics Coordinator As winemakers work through the year they are always looking three, four, even eight months ahead. The cellar picture continues to change as each new harvest “deposit” will lend toward how and what ...
Trunk Diseases Confirmed in the Midwest, and Everywhere Grapes are Grown!!!
I am writing again about Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTD) in the Midwest, following the article with Mike White (ISU extension viticulturist) published in this magazine in September-October 2018. In that article we raised the question as to whether the commonly seen “winter kill” symptoms of dead cordons and spurs, and ...
Are You Protecting What You’ve Worked so Hard to Build?
Picture it – clearing the fields, row mapping, proper drainage, all those plantings – and – your first yield. You have come so far to get to where you are today! Countless hours, lots of hard work and now you really have something – your pride and joy. But now ...
