I'm very late getting in on this thread - not been around a computer lately. Though my experience so far is well over 90% in growing rather than vinification,...
Ohio State University doesn't have a viticulture program anymore, but the AG Business and Horticulture programs are really first rate. Dr. Steve Meyers is head...
Fresno State has a program. How's your French? you could go to Montpellier or Bordeaux, both of which have fine programs. How's your German? you could go to...
Haha! I beg to differ! I'm planning on selling grapes to fund a winery buisness down the road. Gill, it's like this. How much to you want to make? How...
In 2003 a nearby large grower let me join in on one of his harvest days. The 5 workers filled my 1/2 ton bin and 2 drums with 1250 lb's of Cab in 21 min's (I...
What could this be? It looks like white, mucus-y slime, dripping down some vines. Not near the emerging leaves, on the main trunk. It isn't quite clear, and...
It is vine sap! No foolin' Vines will bleed profusely in the spring from any wound, usually pruning wounds. The stong hydraulic pressure in the spring...
... From: siladar2000 [mailto:wbest@...] ... misc grapes and am in my second year. I'n trellising, grapes, chemicals and fertilizers I've shelled out...
I am in need of distance courses, which offer more profound knowledge than the ones offered by UC Davies. I cant travell for longer periodes but have funds to...
Re: maybe 8 tons Good point, Dan! Chambourcin is not a particularly vigourous grower. Across Virginia, over the last 7 years, it has averaged 1.9 tons per...
I read an absolutely superb article on 'Sulfur Compounds in Winemaking' in the Mar/Apr issue of Vineyard & Winery Management magazine this morning. I discusses...
Seems to me you have some trunks that split due to freezing events in the winter. I would expect problems from these trunks (eventually) and replace them this ...
I consistently get about 4-5 tons/acre on Chambourcin it handles that crop load well and I don't seem to have as much winter damage problems as some people do....
Thanks Keith and Mark! wow. (and darn!) In fact I bent these vines too far in trying to achieve the "perfect shape" this last pruning season. I hope they...
Don't know about your area but I'm working with the guys from Purdue who are averaging 15lbs per vine per year on Chardonel and 18lbs per vine on Chambourcin....
FWIW, Dr. Mark Kliewer at U.C. Davis did some tests on vines, pruning some the normal time and some were pruned late so they would bleed, and there was no...
Lon J. Rombough
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Apr 2, 2004 10:19 pm
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I've planted 8x8. And in Indiana Chambourcin seems to be fairly vigourous. I've talked with the other winery owners and they're getting higher crops than...
Dear All, I would like to thank very much to all who have responded for your help and advise. This makes people think that we are not alone. Thanks again and...
Some places will be interested in the conservation of indigenious varieties, others in the commercial development aspects. I suspect you will have more luck...
... that kind of crop consistantly, and I spoke with the Purdue guys about that. He said it had to do with how they're pruning the vines. They're not...
... Actually the original question was concerning the break even point. In other words, how much acerage of production is required to cover expenses ...
Clyde, To makd Chambourcin into a "full bodied, rich flavored wine" how many lbs. per vine are figuring? I'm setting out 14 this week to compliment my French...
... Once again, I have to profess my ignorance in the vineyard (standard disclaimer). I'm just a winemaker at this point, but learning more as we speak. To...
I doubt you'll get those prices for any hybrids. People can't seem to get that for some vinifera these days. First rate Chambourcin will usually only bring ...
If I extrapolate out my Chambourcin production at my vineyard over the last two years, on 5 year old vines, it would work out to about 4.2 ton/acre at 8x12...
I'm located in North Central Arkansas, zone 6b Regards Mike Oglesby ... From: John Eakins [mailto:pins@...] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 3:05 PM To:...
I am in 7b. Do you think a little warmer would be.s better for Chambourcin? Prince Michel is about 3/4 miles from me. The winemaker told me that of all the...
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