• 7:30 – 8:00 am: Coffee at the Viticulture and Enology Center
• 8 am – 8:30 am: Registration (Viticulture and Enology Center)
• 8:30 – 10:30 am: Field Day at the Research Vineyard: Demonstration of different trellis systems, cultural, pesticide and soil-management field trials: Sarah Bowman (Surry Community College), David Bower (Surry Community College), Mark Hoffmann (NC State)
• 11:00 am – Noon: Shelton Viticulture Center: Research Updates:
  • Herbicide Research Updates (Kira Sims, NC State)
  • Grape Pest Monitoring and PD control (Hannah Burrack, NC State)
  • North Carolina Grape Virus Survey (Mark Hoffmann, NC State)
  • Impact of leaf removal on berry chemistry and disease incidence in Chardonnay and Merlot (Mark Hoffmann, NC State)
• Noon – 1:00 pm: lunch

No registration fee.


1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Western Grape Extension Team Meeting (Surry Community College)