UCCE Cover Cropping Field Day 10/23/14-Hurst Ranch, Jamestown, Ca.
Is a cover crop the right choice for you? This workshop focused on how and what, and the pros and cons of cover cropping, a workshop for any interested foothill grower (not just grape growers).
Cover Cropping Field Day, L.R. Wunderlich, Farm Advisor UCCE Central Sierra & Chuck Ingels, Farm Advisor UCCE Sacramento County
Cover Cropping and Drought, L.R. Wunderlich, UCCE Farm Advisor, UCCE Central Sierra and C.A. Ingels, Farm Advisor, UCCE Sacramento County
Assessments of ripeness, Anita Oberholster, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Enology, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
Wine faults, Linda Bisson, Professor & Geneticist, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
Cap management and extended maceration, David Block, Professor & Department Chair, Department of Viticulture & Enology and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, UC Davis
Smoke taint and wine maturation tools, Anita Oberholster, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Enology, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
Mechanical Harvesting Field Day
A group of farmers looking at a stationary mechanical grape harvester.Transition to Mechanical Harvest Field Day held on August 17, 2017
Held at Dick Cooper's ranch, Cooper Vineyards, Amador County.
With Dr. Kaan Kurtural, UC Davis Viticulture and Enology Specialist
Sponsored and organized by Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE Central Sierra Farm Advisor
Professor Vittorino NovelloProfessor Vittorino Novello, University of Turin, Italy, was a special guest speaker during a week-long visit to the Sierra foothills, August 1-4. His visit was for the purpose of a cross-cultural exchange on the opportunities and challenges of growing Italian winegrape varieties to produce premium wines in the California foothills.
Novello is a distinguished Professor of Viticulture and a recognized expert on the attributes of many Italian varieties. He is the current President of the Master's program in "Viticulture and Enological Sciences" at the University of Turin, and a member of the European Consortium EMaVE (European Master of Viticulture and Enology).
Novello is also the current President of the International Organization for Vine and Wine (OIV) working group "Management and Innovation of Viticulture Techniques." His main research topics are viticultural techniques, grapevine physiology, grapevine propagation, table grape cultivation, and table grape production under plastic covering. He is author or co-author of 191 scientific publications.
