Powdery mildew is the main fungal disease that most grape growers confront every seasons. The fungus that cause powdery mildew is called Uncinula Necator.
Many grape growers struggled to keep powdery mildew under control in vineyards, as once your vines are infected and the symptoms are visible, the disease already is in an advance stage of development.
The symptoms are visible on all green parts of [...]
For any wine enthusiast wine is more than just a liquor, it is a valuable beverage that triggers a certain chemistry and plays a fundamental role not just from the commercial point of view but intellectually, universally and socially speaking. The very history of wine is dating back to times when only the most well [...]
In this video presentation I want to show you how to train new grape vines on an arbour.
Enjoy
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Most of us only dream of building our own wine cellar where we can process the grapes that we have been working so hard on during the season. But what not many grape growers realize, is that many private wine cellars and wine makers, made their first wine in their backyard or garage. They started [...]
Grape Growers, have a look at this!
It is amazing what some poeple do. They now use Golden Retrievers to find Mealy bugs!
Have a look at this video, it is quite amazing how they treat those dogs!
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How to prune a grape vine spur
I often get the question: “Danie, how do I prune a spur?”
Without knowing how to prune a spur (short bearer) the correct way, you can spoil your potential crop - did you know that? So, I went out into my vineyards and took some really nice pictures that will [...]
Hello grape growers!
I am so excited, I just had to put this on my blog! Here is a blog that shows you a really great looking vineyard!
Glen from Slovenia bought the Complete Grape Growers Guide in February this year. He planted his 403 grape vines in April and trained them with the help of my [...]
History of grape growing
Drinking wine is a pleasure that has been enjoyed since almost 4000BC. The science of viticulture, or grape cultivation, began with the need to domesticate wild vines. Viticulturists needed to breed domestic plants with higher fruit yields, since wild grapes invest little energy in fruit production. Wild grapes were also dioecious, meaning [...]
