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A POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE UPDATE
DECEMBER 28, 2018. BY WALT MAHAFFEE & THE FRAME NETWORKS GROUP. Another grape season has come to an end, and preparation for the next begins. As part of that preparation, people are curious about our fungicide resistance monitoring work and how different regions...
GRAPEVINE NURSERY STOCK – PATHOGENIC STATUS AND 2018 PLANTING SEASON REVIEW
DECEMBER 17, 2018. BY ALAN WEI, PH.D, AND JAMES A. STAMP, PH.D. The 2017/18 testing, grafting and production season saw the first of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) and Grapevine Pinot Gris Virus (GPGV) in protocol 2010 certified stock. GPGV is...
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2018 LAKE COUNTY WILDFIRES
DECEMBER 10, 2018. BY LAKE COUNTY GROWERS. For those of you reading our viticulture blog from other countries (according to Google analytics there are several of you out there!) who may not be aware, California faced another year of terrible wildfires in wine country....
LODI VINEYARD MECHANIZATION SHOWCASE on December 11!
DECEMBER 3, 2018. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Please join the Lodi Winegrape Commission on Tuesday, December 11th for a MECHANIZATION SHOWCASE! Be sure to RSVP (details below) as lunch is provided. Lodi growers have a history of maximizing vineyard efficiency. With...
NATIONAL ZINFANDEL DAY TECHNICAL WORKSHOP TAKES A KEEN, SOBERING LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF LODI ZINFANDEL
NOVEMBER 29, 2018. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. To kick off 2018’s National Zinfandel Day week, this past November 14, over 100 winemakers and growers came together from both inside and outside the Lodi AVA for a Technical Workshop co-sponsored by the Lodi Winegrape...
VINEYARD REPLANTING
NOVEMBER 26, 2018. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. Although grapevines have the potential to live for many decades, most vineyards have a productive lifetime limited by pests, diseases, and other factors. When farming costs regularly exceed grape revenues due to...
LODI CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES
NOVEMBER 19, 2018. BY BOB HIGHFILL. Hiro Tejima is a wine professional new to his job as Japan Director with the California Wine Institute after working many years in the Australian wine industry. Tejima, who is based in Sydney, Australia, recently brought a group of...
NATIONAL ZINFANDEL DAY TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
NOVEMBER 13, 2018. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Date: November 14, 2018 Time: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Location: Oak Farm Vineyards, 23627 DeVries Rd, Lodi, CA 95242 Cost: $25, lunch included in ticket price More so than any other variety, Zinfandel holds a special place in...