BENEFICIAL INSECT DRONES!

BENEFICIAL INSECT DRONES!

by | Aug 6, 2018 | Vineyards

AUGUST 6, 2018. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON. It isn’t every day or everywhere that children get to take part in vineyard pest control. On Tuesday, July 24th, 2018, Jay Leone and the other members of the Lodi Winegrape Commission’s Mealybug Biocontrol Research...
MINIMIZING COMMON PHYSICAL BERRY DEFECTS

MINIMIZING COMMON PHYSICAL BERRY DEFECTS

by | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog, Vineyards

JULY 23, 2018. BY STAN GRANT. Wine grapes with certain defects are undesirable for winemaking.  These defects fall into two principal categories – compositional and physical.  Only a few compositional flaws are discernable in wine grapes while still on the vine, such...
MECHANICAL LEAFING OF VINEYARDS, TIMING IS EVERYTHING

MECHANICAL LEAFING OF VINEYARDS, TIMING IS EVERYTHING

by | Apr 23, 2018 | Vineyards

I must start by saying there really isn’t a mechanical leafer I’ve met that I didn’t like. It doesn’t matter what brand I’m working with, they all seem to do a good job. When they are not doing well, it seems to always be a timing issue. So, I thought it would be good...
GOT VOLES? PERHAPS ANTHRAQUINONE IS THE ANSWER

GOT VOLES? PERHAPS ANTHRAQUINONE IS THE ANSWER

by | Apr 9, 2018 | Vineyards

Voles (Figure 1) are short, stocky rodents that often cause extensive girdling damage to a variety of tree and vine crops throughout California (Figure 2).  Vole management is often quite challenging given how numerous they can be in a given area.  In more recent...