Recent Listings: VVA Exchange
Julie Goforth2014-09-23T10:01:24-04:00Please be sure to review the current listings in the VVA Exchange. Recent additions include grapes for sale and grapes wanted!
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Timely Pre-harvest Spray Information from Dr. Nita
Julie Goforth2014-08-27T12:30:24-04:00"Due to the rain event over the weekend, many people are concerned about protection for next week or two before the harvest..." For Mizuho Nita's full blog update please go to: http://grapepathology.blogspot.com/
Recent Listings: VVA Exchange
Julie Goforth2014-08-26T15:56:48-04:00Please be sure to review the current listings in the VVA Exchange. Recent additions include bulk wine and equipment for sale, multiples varieties of grapes being sought, and plenty of employment opportunities.
Grape Insect Update
Julie Goforth2014-07-02T08:28:13-04:00Doug Pfeiffer, Fruit Entomologist at Virginia Tech has prepared a list of updates on grape insects that should be reviewed by all growers. JAPANESE BEETLE: As predicted, this is shaping up to be a year of high JB populations. This is a result of the rainy season last year. JB and related beetles have eggs with a low ability to retain moisture. Consequently, in drought years there is high mortality of eggs, with low populations of adults in the following season. In years with higher levels of soil moisture, we can expect higher natural survival of eggs and high populations of [...]
Summer 2014 Grape Press
Julie Goforth2014-07-02T08:27:46-04:00The Summer 2014 Grape Press is out! Highlights include articles on canopy management, weather issues, potassium nutrition in grapes, soil science and much more. Summer 2014 Grape Press (pdf)
Participate in a study of potassium uptake
Julie Goforth2014-06-11T22:41:51-04:00Lucie Morton is conducting a study for the Virginia Wine Board on the role of clay mineralogy on the uptake of potassium by wine grapes. If VVA members would like to participate and add baseline survey information to the study, they can provide data to this email address: vitipoint@gmail.com. Here’s what they’re looking for: 1. Digital copies of soil reports from their vineyard blocks. They can be from multiple years and can be in spread sheet form. Please provide information on how the sampling was done, and at what soil depths. 2. Digital copies of tissue analyses from those vineyard blocks. [...]
An Offer You Can’t Refuse
Julie Goforth2014-05-26T12:35:57-04:00The VVA is in need of an official Glass Keeper, preferably a winery or someone with a commercial dishwasher in the Charlottesville area. Responsibilities: Bringing clean VVA wine glasses to the Omni the Wednesday before the Winter Technical begins and taking them away again after the meeting Storing the wine glasses between events Bringing clean wine glasses to the Summer Technical the morning of the meeting and take the away again after the meeting Hence the title ‘Glass Keeper! Perks of said volunteer position: Free entry to the Winter Technical Meeting, including meals and reception, for one (a $250 value) Free [...]
2014 Summer Technical Meeting Registration Now Open
Julie Goforth2014-05-08T19:52:10-04:00The Virginia Vineyards Association and Virginia Cooperative Extension are pleased to present the 2014 Summer Technical Meeting: Wildlife Management Strategies and Economics of Mechanization. The program and the social will take place on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Barbourville Vineyards in Barboursville, Virginia. EVENT DETAILS & REGISTRATION
Virginia Tech Summer Vineyard Meetings
Julie Goforth2014-05-02T12:38:38-04:00Tremain Hatch has worked with local VCE agents to schedule a series of spring/early summer vineyard meetings which will involve Virginia Tech specialists, local Cooperative Extension agents, and occasionally other speakers. These meetings follow the IPM meetings and pruning workshops held earlier this year.Please note that the timing of these meetings is variable. For those who have not attended these meetings in previous years, the format for most includes a discussion about season topics by extension specialists (pest considerations, pertinent viticultural issues, and usually an introduction by the host vineyard owner/operator. Attendees can bring problem samples from their own vineyards for [...]
Final Report on Frost/Freeze Event
Julie Goforth2014-04-17T11:02:31-04:00David Tolleris of wxrisk.com has compiled a report on the recent drop in temperatures that hit Virginia and surrounding states. We are hopeful that there has been minimal damage to the vines and that 2014 will be a fantastic growing season for all of us. Download Report