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<b><font
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VASCM
Meeting:
Monday,
November 17,
3:00-5:00pm - </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Biostimulants for Improved Soil,
Nutrients and
Winegrape
Quality - Mike
Key, CEO and
Founder,
Impello
Biosciences<br>
At Madson
Wines, 328
Ingalls St.,
Santa Cruz</font></b></div>
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<div
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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
<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://impellobio.com/">Impello
Biosciences</a>
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. <br>
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style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">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 </span><span
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</span><span
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design tools
for wine
quality.</span></font></p>
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style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Topics
include how </span><span
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and </span><span
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consortia
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.</span></font></p>
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style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">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 </span><span
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more vividly
into the
glass.<br>
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<b>This Coming
Monday, Nov.
17, 3-5pm<br>
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<div
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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Location: Madson Wines tasting
room, 328
Ingalls St.,
Santa Cruz </b><br>
Thank you to
Ken Swegles
and Cole
Thomas for
hosting.<br>
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As usual,
please bring a
bottle of wine
to share. And
we will be
providing
appetizers to
go with.</font></div>
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<font
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<div
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The VASCM
Board:<br>
- Mary
Lindsay, Muns
Vineyard<br>
- Ken Swegles,
Rhizos
Viticulture/Skyline
Viticulture<br>
- Richard
Hanke, Redwood
Grade Vineyard<br>
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