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What's New...

• 2013 Cold Climate Grape IPM Updates - seasonal observations and IPM information

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map  -- revised in 2012.

• "How to Use NEWA - An Instructional Video" and "How to Use NEWA - Printable Handout"

• New Resource for Grape Information -- eViticulture.

Vermont Grape and Wine Council  - the organization of grape growers and wine producers of Vermont; learn about the industry and the activities of its members -- Check out the website !     

Archived Information..

• Considerations for Starting a Commercial Vineyard in Vermont 

• Cost of Establishment and Production of Vinifera Grapes in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State- 2010 - by Gerald B. White, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, July 2011.

• IPM Primer  -   basic introduction to concepts, strategies, and components of an IPM program

• An Initial IPM Strategy for New Cold Climate Winegrape Growers,   Lorraine Berkett,  University of Vermont

• Relative Disease Ratings for Wine Grape Varieties Grown in Vermont - Lorraine P. Berkett, University of Vermont,  Updated May 2011

• Reduced Risk Pesticides -- Lorraine Berkett and Morgan Cromwell, University of Vermont

• Fungicide Resistance Management - Lorraine Berkett,  University of Vermont

• Basic Pesticide Information -- EPA's Approach to Reducing Pesticide Risks; Definition of a Biopesticide

• Cold Climate Viticulture in Vermont - a slide show adapted from a presentation given at the New England Fruit Conference, Manchester, NH, Dec. 15, 2005.    Text summary of presentation is also on the web.

• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Vermont

• "Everything Grape" Video Gallery

• 2011 Cold Climate Grape Survey Results -- summary of input from January 2011 survey of grape growers on the Cold Climate Grape Listserve.

• 2009 Cold Climate Grape Survey Results-- full survey results with information on acres planted, pest management practices, etc.

• A "Snapshot" of IPM in Cold Climate Grape Production -- presentation by Lorraine Berkett, University of Vermont at the Cold Climate Research and Extension Planning Workshop, Burlington, VT, on Nov. 12, 2009 based on results of 2009 Cold Climate Grape Survey.

• Growing Degree-Day Accumulation for Select Vermont Sites for 2005-2010

• 2010 Weekly Growing Degree Day Accumulation for selected Vermont sites 

• 2009 Weekly Growing Degree Day Accumulation for selected Vermont sites

• 2008 Weekly Growing Degree Day Accumulation for selected Vermont sites

• Growing Degree-Day Accumulation for Select Vermont Sites for 2005, 2006 and 2007

• 2008 Vine Phenology of  8 Wine Grape and 8 Table Grape Varieties in the UVM Vineyard, So. Burlington

• 2007 Weekly Growing Degree Day Accumulation for selected Vermont sites

• 2006 Weekly Growing Degree Day Accumulation for selected Vermont sites

• 2005 Grape Vine Phenology associated with Growing Degree Days for Vermont sites

• 2005 Weekly Growing Degree Day Accumulation for selected Vermont site

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VT Cold Climate Grape Growers, is a seasonal e-mail newsletter detailing current vineyard horticultural and pest management events in Vermont.

To subscribe, send email to listserv@list.uvm.edu and place the subscribe command, "subscribe vermontgrape First Last" in the body of the message. Replace the "First Last" with your name. Here is an example, which uses a list name of folkmusic: subscribe folkmusic Joe Smith.

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