Hello Vine Nerds!
Welcome to the Advanced Viticulture Blog! We have over three decades of experience as consultants and vineyard managers and we want to share our expertise with you. Our hope is that this site will serve as a source of practical information based in science for anyone interested in grapevine cultivation. Although based in Northern California, we’re hoping to connect with growers, winemakers, and everyone else in the wine industry worldwide. We invite you to comment, ask questions, and contribute.
Cheers! AV
To till or not to till?
To till or not to till? The trend is towards less tillage, but could it be detrimental to vineyards? The following is from an article originally published in Wine Business Monthly in June of 2019.
2021 was a good year…to dry farm??
2021 was a good year…to dry farm?? More reasons to consider monitoring your soil moisture Between stunted growth to unexpected nutrient deficiencies, this second consecutive year of drought threw us quite a few curve balls.
Ask a viticulturist: Unexplained splitting of the trunk
Ask a viticulturist: Unexplained splitting of the trunk Could this be winter injury in California? We recently got a call out to a vineyard in the Russian River AVA of Sonoma county to take a
New regulation is coming. Invest now in improving your water management.
New regulation is coming Invest now in improving your water management There’s nothing farmers love more than government regulation, am I right? And there’s nothing this viticulturist loves more than legal rhetoric. That is of
What’s cooking? How early heat stress affects your harvest
What’s cooking? How early heat stress affects your vineyard By Loni Lyttle and Mark Greenspan Heat stress can do a lot of damage, and in many ways the earlier it hits, the worse it’s going
Fear not! Potassium is your friend
Fear not! Potassium is your friend Holding off on K fertilization may be damaging your wine quality There’s a lot of headbutting between grape growers and winemakers. I get why. Lush green canopies with active
