VASCM: Pruning Diseased Vines Tailgate on Wednesday; January Meeting; More Conferences

[Mary Lindsay]

This Wednesday is a tailgate on pruning diseased vines to be held at 
Ridge, brought to us by the Central Coast Vineyard Team and free to 
VASCM members - details below. Friday is a PCA class for winegrape 
growers in Watsonville.  Also note that we are planning to have a VASCM 
meeting mid-January prior to Unified (if we can put all the pieces 
together); right now the date is tentative and further details will be 
provided.  And, Eco-Farm and Unified in January.  


Wednesday, December 17, 9:00-11:00am: 
Tailgate session on Pruning for Diseased Vines, with Doug Gubler, UC 
Davis Dept. of Plant Pathology
at Ridge Vineyards; sponsored by the Central Coast Vineyard Team
Free for CCVT and VASCM members, $20 for non-members
The presentation will be followed by a demonstration on renovated 
eutypa-infected vines.
To rsvp and for more info visit www.vineyardteam.org/calendar 
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or contact Kira at 805.369.2288.
For more info on the program you could also call Caleb Mosley at Ridge.


Friday, December 19, 1:30-4:00:
Free 2-Hour Pesticide Laws & Regulations class for winegrape growers (I 
assume credits are given)
at the Cooperative Extension auditorium, Watsonville 
Call 831 763 8080 to register and for more info (we do not have a lot of 
detail on this)
- thank you to Natalain Schwartz for this


Week of January 15 (date TBD):
VASCM Meeting, to include a hands-on pruning workshop for shoot 
positioning and vine health, and more


January 21-24, 2009: 
Eco-Farm Conference at Asilomar in Pacific Grove
Sponsored by the Ecological Farming Assn.
Session topics include:
- biodynamics
- composting
- fighting weeds
- minerals and soil health
- beneficial insects
For more info:  http://www.eco-farm.org/index.php/efc


January 27-30:
Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, Sacramento
Aroma Symposium on Friday, 1/30:  This will be a day-long analysis of 
the origins of wine flavor and the conversion of grape components to 
wine aromas, including tastings of wines to demonstrate key findings. 
Speakers from several countries will cover the effects of viticultural 
practices on flavor, including water deficit and crop loads on wine 
qualities, effects of ripening and composition on sensory attributes, 
vine microclimate effects on wine flavor and influence of leaf removal 
on winegrape quality.
for more info: http://www.unifiedsymposium.org/


Happy Holidays!
- Mary Lindsay