Last week we attended a Maryland Grape Growers Association seminar on pest control  and pesticide management. It was held at Harvest Ridge Wineries in Marydel, Delaware.  It was a very interesting day, and included tasting wines that are being grown and tested by the Maryland Cooperative Extension.  We tasted several reds and whites and had to try to guess what grapes they were made from. This is quite challenging for us, but we certainly enjoyed the wines.  This seminar reinforced our sense that our farm is a very good spot for growing grapes, as it is on a plateau (the Piedmont Plateau) so elevated enough to allow for good air flow, it is not too wet or too dry and the soil seems to have the right composition for grapes.

Learning how to prune the vines to expose the grapes to enough sun, but not too much!

The Grape Growers Bible AKA Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America

New vines planted with grow tubes