- Author: Lynn Wunderlich
And wow, what an incredibly knowledgeable and gracious scholar. Vittorino was
Vittorino commented that all of Sheila's observations as to the difficulty of growing Nebbiolo-the vigor, the need to cane prune, curbing yields to 3-4 tons to try to try to increase color, the highly tannic wines, were true to the variety. The name
I'll cover more on the Vittorino tours in my future blogs. To take a look at my recap of the tours, and Vittorino's evening seminars, go to the postings on my webpage here.
- Author: Lynn Wunderlich
First off, powdery mildew has been a problem for many of you this year-and I've been answering a few farm calls related to this. All of the rains we had made for great canopy growth, making it more difficult for spray to reach the target. Leafing and shoot removal can really pay off when that is the case. That, plus ideal spring temperatures of 70-85° (remember those cool days we had? seems a long time ago now...) made it a mildew year. Calaveras Wine Alliance just funded a 7th mildew station (Yeah!) with a Ca. Specialty Crop Grant. That station is located in West Point and it's weather data is currently up and posted at UCIPM. The mildew model will begin running next year at this location.
If you are interested in the latest mildew fungicide work, Doug Gubler will hold his annual powdery mildew field day this year at 10 a.m. on Aug. 3 at Rio Viento vineyards in Walnut Grove. RSVP to Trang Nguyen at xinguyen@ucdavis.edu if you plan to attend.
After I presented my ET slope work and heard other researchers present their research at the annual ASEV conference in Monterey, I spent a week in Prosser, WA receiving spray application training from Prof. Emilio Gil from Spain. Funded partly by a Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE) grant, I was fortunate to be the only California participant in a week long, hands-on training that enhanced my ability to deliver spray tech training to all