Today we submitted our membership to the Virginia Vineyards Association an organization of viticulturists and associated business entities dedicated to growing great wine in Virginia. I wish we had found the organization sooner as they sponsor some great seminars. The Summer Technical Seminar is to be held on June 5th at Barboursville Winery & Vineyards. Unfortunately we are unable to attend, but the Winter Event will be a must do event!
Another recommended resource we have purchased is the Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America
We also marked out the location for our test plot. It is roughly 0.08 acres that could fit 104 vines at 8 x 4 foot spacing. The area is 60' x 64' x 80' x 40' Tomorrow we'll take soil samples for testing. Once we receive that information we will have a better idea of the varieties we can grow.
Once the test soils are gathered, we begin the process of marking rows in the field. Instead of using herbicides to kill off grasses/weeds in the vine rows, we will be using a leaf litter mulch i.e. clean chopped leaves. This will kill the vegetation, add some organic compost and prevent weed seed germination all at the same time.
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