VASCM: FW: Current Issues: Best Practices for Vine Water Management to Maximize Vine Health and Winegrape Quality

[Ed Muns]

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Ed Muns

Muns Vineyard

 

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From: vensource-request at ucdavis.edu [mailto:vensource-request at ucdavis.edu]
On Behalf Of Kay Bogart
Sent: 14 January, 2014 08:26
To: vensource at ucdavis.edu
Subject: Current Issues: Best Practices for Vine Water Management to
Maximize Vine Health and Winegrape Quality

 

Save the Date:  Thursday February 20, 2014
Where: Freeborn Hall on the North Quad at UC Davis

Time: 9:00am to 3:45pm

Registration details are below.

 

The situation with water conservation became a huge issue in 2013 and has
carried over to 2014 for all of California.  It's time for every winemaker
and vineyard manager to look more closely at how we, as an industry, can
become more sustainable by practicing better management of this precious
natural resource. But winegrapes are, of course, a very unusual commodity
because, after years of research, it has been shown that careful monitoring
of vineyard water status, practiced in conjunction with some level of
regulated deficit irrigation, can actually produce a better quality product
in most instances. The double gold of this practice is that not only does
this careful monitoring and delivery of water mitigate the impact on vine
health, it can be used to maximize yields, and make better wine!

To further that goal, we've brought together some of the most progressive,
practical experts in the field of irrigation management and winemaking to
address how we can make the best of what looks to be a difficult year for
all of agriculture.  They'll discuss all the latest methods available to
monitor vine water status, along with a complete discussion of the methods
most commonly used in vineyards today. We'll have a panel of vineyard
managers who have practiced sustainable water management, and a panel of
winemakers who have received the benefit of those practices.  This is really
a must-be-there event and we hope to see many of you at Freeborn on
Thursday, February 20, 2014 for a full day of discussion about how to deal
with water in 2014 and beyond.  This is as good a time as any to start
adopting sustainable water management practices in every aspect of the wine
industry.  

VENSource and The Department of Viticulture & Enology at UC Davis are proud
to present these very popular Wine Flavor 101 Current Issues series of
classes to the wine industry.  As such, they are targeted to wine
professionals with some chemical and technical background. These seminars
are very popular and often sell out before the event date, so be sure you
register early.      The agenda, which may be revised slightly before the
seminar, is as follows:

2013-14 Current Issues:

Best Practices for Vineyard Water Management to Maximize Vine Health and
Winegrape Quality 

February 20, 2014   Freeborn Hall

8:30-9:00:      Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:05:      Welcome - Linda Bisson

9:05-10:00:     Maximizing Yields and Winegrape Quality using Water
Management: Larry Williams, Dept of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis

10:00-10:30:   New Technology to Measure Vineyard Water Use and Vine Water
Status: Andrew McElrone, Dept of Vit & Enology, UC Davis, USDA ARS

10:30-10:45:   BREAK

10:45-11:15:   Automated Estimation of Vineyard Water Status using LANDSAT
and Water Balance Modeling: Lars Pierce, CSU Monterey Bay 

11:15-12:00:   Current Field Methods to Measure Vineyard Water Status: Mark
Greenspan, Advanced Viticulture

12:00-1:00:     LUNCH

1:00-1:45:      Reducing Water Use for Frost Protection; Salinity Concerns:
Mark Battany, UCCE Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo

1:45-2:45:      Panel of Winegrowers on Maintaining Winegrape Quality using
Water Management:  Paul Verdegaal, UCCE San Joaquin, Moderator  

2:45-3:00:      BREAK


3:00-3:45:      Panel of Winemakers on Successful Cooperative Efforts to
Manage Water in the Vineyard and the Positive Impact on Wine Quality:
Michael Silacci, Opus One, Moderator


 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Cost:  $200.00, includes continental breakfast in the morning, lunch and all
handouts.

To register by CREDIT CARD, see
http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=12025 

To register by check, the form is here: VENSource
<http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/content.php?category=VENSource&id=978>  Check
Registration

A map of Freeborn Hall and nearby parking is here:
http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/: choose Freeborn Hall from the drop-down menu
to the left.
Or, on Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Howard+Way,+Dav
is,+CA&aq=&sll=38.544071,-121.750227&sspn=0.008375,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnea
r=Howard+Way,+Davis,+Yolo,+California+95616&z=16>
&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Howard+Way,+Davis,+CA&aq=&sll=38.544071,-121.75
0227&sspn=0.008375,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Howard+Way,+Davis,+Yolo,+Calif
ornia+95616&z=16  Freeborn Hall is at the south end of Howard Way

 

VENSource: keeping you informed...........

 

 

Kay Bogart

Program Director

VENSource - Your Source for Grape and Wine Information

Department of Viticulture & Enology

University of California

595 Hilgard Lane, Davis, CA 95616

(530) 754-9876

 

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