VASCM: Next Meeting: Monday, Nov. 17 at Madson Wines - Biostimulants for Improved Soil, Nutrients and Grape Quality with Impello Biosciences

[Mary Lindsay]

*Next VASCM Meeting: Monday, November 17, 3:00-5:00pm - Biostimulants 
for Improved Soil, Nutrients and Winegrape Quality - Mike Key, CEO and 
Founder, Impello Biosciences
At Madson Wines, 328 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz*



Hello, everyone:

Let's get together to toast the 2025 harvest!  It's time for a meeting!  
We can compare notes on this year's vintage experience, and hear a 
valuable presentation: Mike Key, CEO and founder of Impello Biosciences 
<https://impellobio.com/> in Loveland, CO will be here for an in-person 
presentation at Madsen Winery. Key's background in rhizosphere biology 
led to the development of organic biostimulants/biofertilizers that 
liberate nutrients into available, plant-usable forms and establish a 
healthy ecosystem.

As skilled viticulturists know: in fine wine, biology and the 
environment shape chemistry. This session explores how complex microbial 
communities, combined with nuanced stress and nutrition management 
influence grape yield, composition, and sensory outcome. Drawing on 
recent research and detailing potential field applications with 
relevance for the Santa Cruz Mountains, Mike Key, will unpack how 
microbial terroir, soil health, and targeted biostimulants can be 
managed as both support for yield –and– simultaneously, design tools for 
wine quality.

Topics include how Bacillusand Paenibacillusconsortia support micro and 
macro nutrient efficiency, availability, and phenolic potential; how 
monosilic acid buffers drought, heat, and cold stress to preserve berry 
chemistry and also facilitates availability of key nutrients like 
calcium; how fungal-derived chitosan both protects against pest and 
pathogens but also– by priming plant signaling systems– affects phenolic 
and aroma profiles; and how jasmonate plant signaling contributes to 
flavor complexity.

Participants will come away with a biological framework for producing 
clean and expressive fruit by careful management of various stressors 
and nutrient needs—using living inputs and other biostimulants to not 
only support yield, but also enhance a vineyard’s microbial terroir and 
translate placemore vividly into the glass.


*This Coming Monday, Nov. 17, 3-5pm
*
*Location:  Madson Wines tasting room, 328 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz *
Thank you to Ken Swegles and Cole Thomas for hosting.

As usual, please bring a bottle of wine to share. And we will be 
providing appetizers to go with.


We look forward to seeing you.

Cheers,
The VASCM Board:
- Mary Lindsay, Muns Vineyard
- Ken Swegles, Rhizos Viticulture/Skyline Viticulture
- Richard Hanke, Redwood Grade Vineyard









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