University of Vermont Fruit Blog

Category: Grape

  • Organic options for disease management in Vermont vineyards

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    May 15, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw I have received several requests for information on organic disease management in Vermont vineyards. I must say from the beginning that organically-certified options for managing some diseases are very limited. For some diseases, primarily powdery mildew and to some degree downy mildew, organic options are available to manage the…

  • Early season disease management in Vermont vineyards

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    May 13, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw With bud burst in cooler sites and grape shoots ranging from 1-3″ in the Champlain Valley is the time begin thinking about disease management. I’ll put it simply: the next four fungicide applications, combined with good vineyard sanitation, will ‘set the stage’ for your vineyard in 2015 as far…

  • April NGP News You Can Use: Winery Profitability

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    http://northerngrapesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/April-2015-News-You-Can-Use-Winery-Profitability.pdf News You Can Use Winery Profitability April 2015 Tug Hill Vineyards, Lowville, NY Photo: David Hansen, University of Minnesota In this issue of News You Can Use, we are highlighting two past Northern Grapes Project webinars, both by Gregg McConnell of Farm Credit East, who directs their Winery Benchmarks Program. In the first webinar,…

  • Northern Grapes Project March 2015 News You Can Use: Grapevine Nutrition

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    pdf is at: http://northerngrapesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/March-2015-News-You-Can-Use-Grapevine-nutrition.pdf News You Can Use Grapevine Nutrition Iron chlorosis on grapes. Photo: Harlene Hatterman-Valenti As cold-hardy winegrape cultivars are still fairly new, optimal soil and tissue nutrient concentration ranges have not yet been established, and growers are relying on recommendations developed for Vitis vinifera and V. labrusca cultivars grown in more traditional…

  • Northeastern NY Vineyard Workshops 2015

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    Please excuse any duplications, I know many of us are on the same lists. 2015 Northeastern NY Vineyard Workshop Series flyer.pdf

  • March Northern Grapes Project Newsletter

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    2015MarchNGPnewsletter.pdf

  • Registration for March 10th Northern Grapes Project Webinar

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    The Northern Grapes Project Webinar Series “Building the Perfect Body: Tannin Strategies for Red Hybrid Wines” Anna Katharine Mansfield Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 12:00 Noon Eastern (11:00 am Central) 7:00 pm Eastern (6:00 pm Central) Wines produced from red hybrid grapes are often criticized for light body, poor structure, and insufficient ageability. The recent discovery…

  • NEWA weather station workshop and blog

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    Users of the NEWA weather and pest modeling website (and that should be all of you) should consider joining the ‘You are NEWA’ blog run by Julie Carrol, Director of NEWA and Cornell IPM Specialist. You can subscribe by visiting the blog site (https://blogs.cornell.edu/yourenewa/) and entering your email in the box on the right. This…

  • UCONN Fruit Crop Nutrition Short Course

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    There will be an intensive fruit crop nutrition short course in Connecticut March 17-18 that may be of interest to many. Please see the attached flyer for details. Fruit Crop Nutrition Short Course.pdf

  • Grapevine pruning information and videos at Michigan State Extension

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    MSUE recently posted some very helpful pruning videos for vineyards on their website, which also includes a lot of other great management information. This cold day is a good one to stay inside and catch a lesson that you can apply in the vineyard once things warm up. http://grapes.msu.edu/viticulture