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INTRODUCING WENDY BRANNEN
Being the World’s Greatest Wine Region Doesn’t End after a Year… What an exciting time to jump into the Commission as your new Executive Director. It’s not often that one walks in the door of a new workplace and new industry as they are celebrating the 25th...
HOW TO AVOID COMMON ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH AERIAL VIGOR MAPPING
The use of aerial imaging to measure vine vigor is nothing new in the wine industry. In fact, most vineyard owners and managers currently utilize some form of vigor mapping in their vineyards to aid their decision making. Long considered the industry standard,...
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF VINE MEALYBUG
For years I have attended educational meetings in which the vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus) was portrayed as some kind of super-pest. I was told why it was so much worse than the grape mealybug and also why biological control would not work on it. In fact, I was...
NITROGEN FERTILIZER FORMS
by Stan Grant, Viticulturist It is a fact: chemistry is fundamental to life. It is also a primary means to directly influence grapevines, especially their mineral nutrition. Thankfully, our modern mineral nutrient toolbox includes a wide array of chemical tools for...
CRUSH DISTRICT 11 VINEYARD COST STUDY RELEASED
We are VERY happy to report that UC Davis has released the 2016 vineyard cost study for Crush District 11 Cabernet Sauvignon. Click here for the study: UC Davis 2016 Crush District 11 Vineyard Cost Study The 23-page study represents the efforts of: Paul S. Verdegaal,...
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