VASCM: VASCM Tailgate Meeting This Friday 10am with Fritz Westover at Muns Vineyard: Shoot thinning, leaf/petiole analysis, nutrition/fertilization, and more

Mon May 17 00:34:59 GMT 2021

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The next VASCM meeting is an in-person tailgate with Fritz Westover of 
Westover Vineyard Advising/Virtual Viticulture Academy on a wealth of 
useful early season practices *(see more below).
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*This Friday, May 21
10:00am - noon
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*Location:  Muns Vineyard *(see address & directions below)

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This will be our first in-person meeting in over a year! This is not on 
Zoom! And we are fortunate to have as our speaker Fritz Westover of 
Westover Vineyard Advising/Virtual Viticulture Academy who is in the 
area for the Regenerative Viticulture program at Paicines Ranch next 
weekend (see the email notice sent about that last week). Fritz was 
previously program director for the Vineyard Team on the Central Coast 
and now is a vineyard consultant out of Texas, with a national reach 
through his web-based programs. We were able to persuade him to make a 
stop in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We had a Zoom program with Fritz last 
year on early season practices and this time he will talk about some 
additional topics.  Plus, this is an opportunity to interface with him 
in person, in the vineyard - and for us to see each other.

*Fritz's talk will include:*
*- a pruning critique (post-pruning)**
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*- shoot thinning practices*
*- leaf vs. petiole analysis and establishing a fertilization/nutrition 
program **
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*- spray program considerations*
and time for Q&A.

/Note:  This meeting will be held under the CDC's latest eased 
mask-wearing guidance:  if you are fully vaccinated you no longer need 
to wear a mask outdoors. However, please wear a mask if you feel more 
comfortable doing so. /

See the address and directions to Muns Vineyard below, as well as more 
information on Fritz Westover.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday morning.

Regards,
The VASCM Board:
- Mary Lindsay
- Ken Swegles
- June Salsbury
- Rick Clarke
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*Directions to Muns Vineyard: *
25600 Loma Prieta Ave., Los Gatos (on the Loma Prieta ridge top above 
Summit Road)

*IMPORTANT:* There is a gate when you arrive at the top of Loma Prieta. 
If it is closed, *the gate code is **2453*. *And, if you use GPS, be 
sure to turn off of Summit Rd. onto Loma Prieta Ave. across from the 
Burrell School Winery - _do not follow GPS onto Highland Way_* or you 
will get lost. Use the directions below for reference. If you get lost, 
call Mary at 408-234-2079.

***From Santa Cruz: **

*1. Exit Summit Road off of Hwy. 17. Continue straight off of the exit 
(do not turn to go over the overpass).

2. Follow Summit Rd. 3.5 miles. Just past Burrell School, make a left on 
Loma Prieta Ave. and then follow the directions from #4 below.  If you 
get to the Summit Store you have gone too far.

/Or, you can come up the Old San Jose-Soquel Rd. out of Soquel. At the 
very top make a _left_ onto Summit Rd. Just past the Summit Store make 
the first right onto Loma Prieta Ave. and follow the directions from #4 
below./
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*From Los Gatos:*

1.  Take Hwy. 17 through Los Gatos and up the hill towards Santa Cruz. 
It is about 7 miles from the Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd. exit to Summit Road. 
Exit Summit Rd.

2. Make a right off the exit, then another right and come across the 
bridge over Hwy. 17. Then left onto Summit Rd. *Note: Do not make a left 
immediately off of the exit. Make sure you come across the bridge first, 
and then make the left.**
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*3. From the Hwy. 17 overpass it is 3.5 miles along Summit Rd. and then 
make a left on Loma Prieta Ave. (just past Burrell School winery). If 
you get to the Summit Store you have gone too far! But you can stop here 
to pick up picnic supplies.

4. *Drive on Loma Prieta Avenue for 3 miles*. You will pass through pear 
orchards and past the house at the s-curve the road will narrow. As you 
drive up the hill you will have a fabulous view looking out over 
Monterey Bay. The road is narrow and skirts the side of the cliff. 
Please drive carefully.

5. At 3 miles you will come to a Y in the road with a gate and an 
address post showing 25200, 25300 and 25600. *Take the left-hand leg of 
the Y* which is our private road. You will need to enter a code on the 
panel to the left. *The gate code is ******2453***. Go through the gate 
and continue up the hill. We will have signs posted.
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/Bear left here, go through the gate and go up the hill./
/*Note: You do not want to take the right-hand leg of the Y here*//.
If you do you will////continue on Loma Prieta Avenue, it flattens out 
and turns to dirt, so if that happens, turn around //right away, while 
you still can. /

6.  Once you are through the gate,  a couple hundred yards past the gate 
you will see a 2nd Y.
*T**urn right here**, towards 25600*, off of the paved road and onto the 
dirt road. You will drive through our neighbor's vineyard, Robin and 
Mark Porter's Lago Lomita Vineyard. Drive another couple hundred yards, 
through a second gate - it will open automatically as you pull up - and 
on up the road to our gate (the third gate) and Muns Vineyard.

7. Please park right inside this third gate.

*Please note: *
- The road to the vineyard becomes narrow. Please drive carefully.

Mary Lindsay
Muns Vineyard
408-234-2079 <tel:408-234-2079>

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*About Fritz Westover:*

Fritz Westover is Viticulturist and owner of Westover Vineyard Advising, 
based in Houston, Texas. Fritz obtained his BS in horticulture and MS in 
Plant Pathology from Penn State University. He specializes in vineyard 
consulting for over 1,500 acres of vineyard and is active in research 
and education in the south and southeastern US, drawing from more than 
20 years of experience in the vineyard industry including extension and 
outreach positions in Virginia, Texas, and California. Fritz contributes 
to wine industry educational programs in several states and is founder 
of Virtual Viticulture Academy, a leading resource for practical grape 
growing information for all levels of winegrape production. He can be 
reached by email at Fritz at VirtualViticultureAcademy.com 
<mailto:Fritz at VirtualViticultureAcademy.com>, at his website 
www.VirtualViticultureAcademy.com <http://www.VirtualViticultureAcademy.com>

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Fritz Westover*| Viticulturist
Westover Vineyard Advising
815 West 41st Street | Houston, TX 77018
Tel: 713.584.3360

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