Time to Hill-Up your Grapevines is NOW! Winter injury is a crucial limiting factor to wine grape production in the New Jersey. Following the harsh winter of 2013-14, almost 85% of vineyards reported various degrees of cold damage. Often, the cold injury results in the development of Crown gall disease, which causes gall formation around […]
Winemaking Strategies for Rainy Vintages
By: Denise Gardner Date: September 11, 2018 Practical Action Steps for Vintage 2018 1. Most whites benefit from less rain. 2. Choose a good yeast, monitor fermentation, and maintain good nutrient addition strategies. 3. Minimize extraction of compromised fruit. Get wines, produced from compromised fruit, off of their lees. 4. Develop alternative strategies for your red […]
Wine Grape Twilight Meetings Spring 2018
Twilight Meetings Empower NJ Wine Industry Wine Grape Twilight Meetings offer local grape growers evenings filled with valuable information designed with the vineyard in mind. This spring, helpful techniques and strategies were presented to dozens of grape growers and vineyard managers across the state of New Jersey. This year’s meetings took place in South Jersey […]
NJ Wine Industry Survey Results
Annual New Jersey Wine Industry Survey – A Brief Summary of the 2016 Vintage By: Daniel Ward Grape Varieties In our survey of the New Jersey wine industry, of the 2016 vintage, five grape varieties are leading production in the state – Chambourcin, Cabernet franc, Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot, and Chardonnay – each with more than […]
Pruning Workshop 2018
Grapevine Pruning Workshop February 22, 2018 1:00 – 3:00 PM Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC) 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08312 Topics Assessing Cold Injuries in Grapevine Buds Balanced Pruning and Ravaz Index Pruning Grapevines on High Cordon and Low Cordon Training Systems Speakers Hemant Gohil Agricultural Agent RCE Gloucester County Gary Pavlis […]