VASCM: Newsletter Online / Meeting Reminder: This Wednesday on Ripening Factors at Vine Hill

[Mary Lindsay]

The March VASCM Newsletter is in the mail, but you will be receiving it 
just barely before this week's meeting on Wednesday.  You can also 
review it online on our website at www.vascm.org, where you can check 
out the latest Vine Talk on budbreak: early mildew prevention, Nitrogen 
and early nutrition assessment, weed control.

A reminder about this week's meeting:

Wednesday, March 18
3:00pm
at Vine Hill

Our speaker:  Stan Grant, viticulture consultant and principal of 
Progressive Viticulture, will give a presentation on ripening and canopy 
management for optimum wine grape quality, both directly through canopy 
specific practices and indirectly through vineyard design and other 
vineyard practices.  Stan addressed the VASCM several years ago when he 
gave a presentation on research he was doing for CAWG on hangtime, and 
we have asked him to return to address the broader issues affecting 
ripening. Stan established and was the Director of Gallo's Viticulture 
Department, he was the Director of Farming for Duarte Nursery, and he 
currently consults with vineyards throughout the state.

As well, we are returning to Vine Hill as a follow-up to our cover crop 
meeting last year.  We can see how Vine Hill's cover crop has blossomed, 
and Rachel Ormes will share her program and results.

As usual, please bring a bottle of wine to share.

Directions to Vine Hill:

/From Highway 17 Between Scotts Valley and Summit Road:/

// <http://www.cumbreofvinehill.com/pdf/map.pdf>
· Exit at Vine Hill Road
· Drive downhill approximately 2 miles
· Turn left onto Jarvis Road
· Drive uphill approximately 2-1/4 miles (The last 1/2-mile is steep and 
narrow)
· The Winery driveway is the first right after you pass Rider Ridge Road
Directions and map at www.winesofvinehill.com

We hope to see you at this meeting!

Mary Lindsay, President
Rachel Ormes, Vice President
Pete Woodruff, Treasurer