Drought to Top List of Topics for Grape Day Educational Seminars; Event is Open to Greater Wine Industry Community
TEMECULA VALLEY, CA; (April 7, 2015)—The Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association (TVWA) is hosting the 32nd Annual Grape Day Conference on Thursday, April 23 at South Coast Winery Resort & Spa. An educational conference for current and aspiring vintners, Grape Day 2015 will focus on viticulture and enology issues such as the effects of the ongoing California drought on grape-growing, best water management practices and latest sustainable trends in the vineyards. Open to the public, Grape Day routinely draws attendees from throughout Southern California and beyond, bringing wine industry professionals and agriculture enthusiasts together in a shared effort to continually improve the growing, production and selling of quality wine.
Founded in 1983 as a way to help Temecula Valley’s nascent winegrowing community improve its knowledge of viticulture, Grape Day has since evolved into the region’s premier wine industry conference, introducing the latest research, methods and technology, and encouraging a collaborative spirit and dialogue within its membership and the broader California wine industry.
Grape Day tickets are $65 for TVWA members, $85 for non-members and can be purchased online at TemeculaWines.org (click on Events) or by phone at (800) 801-9463. Conference includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch, wine and cheese evening reception and vendor exhibits.
The 2015 Grape Day conference agenda includes:
Healthy Soils and Healthy Vines: Latest Trends in Cover Crops and Irrigation Management
with Dr. Glenn McGourty, Viticulture and Plant Science Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension,
Mendocino and Lake Counties
Sustainable Owl Box Study with Temecula Charter School 7th grade team
Sustainable Owl Box Study Presentation
Regulated Deficit Irrigation with Keith Orlebeck and Tom Stolzer, South Coast Winery
Wine grape production: Balancing salinity and water scarcity with Steve Gratton, UCCE, Dept of Land Air and Water Resources
Old World Rosés with Eglantine Chauffour, Winemaker, Enartis Vinquiry
Wage and Hour Update, the New Sick Leave Law and Various New Laws that Affect California Business with Diane Crumpacker
Management of Mealybugs in Grapes; Knowing Their Life History Can Lead to Success with Dr. Walter Bentley, UC IPM Entomologist, UC Kearney Agricultural Center, Fresno County
Control of Powdery Mildew and Effects of Weather with Dr. Doug Gubler, Plant Pathology Department, UC Davis
An Update on the Temecula Valley GWSS Areawide Program with Dr. Matthew Daugherty, Assistant Extension Specialist; University of California, Riverside
About the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association:
Temecula Valley is the largest and most commercially successful winegrowing region in the South Coast AVA, the viticultural zone spanning more than 2 million acres from Riverside County to the San Diego border. The Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association has long served as a steward of the Southern California wine community.
Comprising 35 wineries and more than 60 winegrowers, the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association is a nonprofit regional organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the quality wines and wine grapes grown in the Temecula Valley and South Coast Appellations. Established in 1984, the Temecula AVA consists of 33,000 acres, of which approximately 1,300 acres are currently planted to commercial vineyards. Known as Southern California’s wine country, the Temecula Valley is located in Riverside County just one hour from San Diego, Orange County and Palm Springs and 90 minutes from Los Angeles.
