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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
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
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
Esca and Young Vine Decline: What you should know. One of the wisest things ever told to me was “If you can’t get out of
Ask a Viticulturist: Which rootstock should I use for Tempranillo? “As a part of personal research and experiment, would anyone know on which rootstocks Tempranillo
Baby, it’s dry outside Here’s what we’ve seen so far… If you haven’t noticed, California is in a bit of a dry spot right now.
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