“Lumo has been the linchpin in the re-engineering of our approach to water management.”  Michael and Kara Busselen, the Owners of Woodhawk Vineyards, farm 21 acres of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for Silver Oak, situated 1,000 feet above sea level, overlooking the Alexander Valley and Russian River at the northern end of Sonoma County. They're also starting to make some of their own high-end Cabernet. Michael and Kara in the vineyard. Over the past couple years, they’ve evolved their irrigation strategy in collaboration with Fruition Sciences and Redwood Empire Vineyard Management, supported by data from a sap flow monitor they have installed in one of their blocks.  The big shift in practice has been getting away from running relatively frequent, short-duration sets and moving toward running longer-duration irrigations less often. “Far fewer but far more strategic,” with the aim of improving the root architecture

Commercial Trials to Evaluate a Tool to Improve Vineyard Resiliency It is often stated that vineyards are the "canary in the coal mine" for the rest of global agriculture. Some impacts are already being felt by grape growers with an overall reduction in vineyard resilience attributed to extreme weather conditions such as drought and excessively high temperatures. The 2020 vintage showed us how vine resilience was pushed to its extreme with more and more heat wave episodes in winegrowing regions across the globe. During this presentation, JT Jaeger will discuss a case study where we explore heat/water stress and how a soil microbial application has shown to improve vine resiliency through these heat events. We investigate this using infrared thermography, plant water status, and analysis of grape quality and yields. Using examples from around the world, the Vintage Report will demonstrate extreme heat challenges on a global scale. In doing this, Vintage Report co-founder Thiba

Napa CA. — The Vintage Report, a global thought leadership symposium connecting winegrowers with the highest quality analytical insights of growing conditions, is proud to launch its 2021 program. This year the Vintage Report will be launching an interactive, all-online format.  The technical sessions that the group normally conducts at its regional conferences will now […] The post The Vintage Report Launches Its 2021 Program Online appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/01/14/vintage-report-launches-2021-program?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-report-launches-2021-program Published Date:Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:08:45 +0000