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  • I have posted a new outlook for the 2024 growing season on my Climate blog. You can read it at https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/2024/03/outlook-for-the-2024-growing-season/. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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  • Join us Wednesday, for the last viticulture webinar in the Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum (EVEF) winter webinar series this Wednesday, March 20th 2024 from noon to 1:30PM for “Addressing Climate Change Challenges Through Vineyard Management Strategies”. This webinar includes a grower panel from across the Eastern US (including our own Georgia grower, Eric Seifarth!),…

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  • Please join us this Thursday during your lunch hour to discuss grape rots! This is a part of the American Society of Enology and Viticulture – Eastern Section. Please use link to register! See below. Link should be clickable.

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  • Muscadine Grape Management Poster

    Last call for anyone potentially looking to host one of our UGA Winegrower Interns this year! See my previous post for additional information. I am happy to share the digital copy of the Muscadine Management Poster – another collaborative effort from many of the southeastern US university (UGA, UT, NCSU, UArk, AU) Extension Specialists for…

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  • To all viticulture blog subscribers that are vineyard and winery owners in Georgia: We are recruiting hosts for the Winegrowers of Georgia Internship Program for the 2024 field season; we have several excellent undergraduate candidates we are about to start interviewing, but we still need a few more hosts for this season! For those looking for more…

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  • I’ve been getting a few emails asking about the current warm weather and if it is likely to continue since growers are concerned about bud break if the warm weather continues. I put a thermograph of daily temperatures for Blairsville below to show how temperatures have changed over time. On the thermograph, the green band…

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  • Just a reminder for tomorrow’s winemaking webinar, with our own Nathan Eason hosting Dr. Andreea Botezatu, an Enology Specialist at Texas A&M and her PhD student Cassie Hutcheson. They will be talking about using verjus as a wine acidifier (including the economics of the practice). You can register to access this webinar and all future…

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  • Attention all winemakers. You’ll want to join our Hangtime session online on February 8th. See the flyer below for timing details. Great topic dealing with making verju’s from unripened grapes and used as an acidifier. You should be able to click the link in the document below to register. You can also register for the…

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  • This is a quick reminder that the second webinar in the Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum (EVEF) Winter Webinar Series will take place this Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from noon to 1:30. This webinar, “Building Better Spray Programs: Practical Outcomes From the FRAME Networks Project” , will be a look at some of the tips coming out of the FRAME…

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  • Dormant Pruning

    Happy new year! While some have started their winter pruning, most people get started pruning after the new year. While pruning timing choices often come down to labor, I wanted to post some resources so you can all refresh yourselves since pruning is one of the most vital vineyard care activities. We are currently getting…

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