This article is by Dr. Dean Volenberg of the University of Wisconsin’s Door County Extension. It was first published in the Wisconsin Grape Growers Association’s (WGGA) 30th July 2012 Vineyard IPM Scouting Report. Ozone contains three oxygen...
Alwyn Fitzgerald named his winery Fisher King after the ancient legend of birth and rebirth. And September 2011 was the birth of something big for Alwyn ‘Fitz” Fitzgerald. That’s when he opened a converted...
Trouble locating suitable land for your vines? Not sure if your vineyard will get the maximum amount of sunlight, right soils, or adequate air circulation? Worried about harvesting your blocks at the optimal...
February in northeast Wisconsin is bone-chilling cold, but that doesn’t stop Steve Johnson and Maria Milano, owners of Parallel 44 Winery and Vineyard near Kewaunee, Wis., from throwing an outdoor winter wine festival. Last...
The 2012 Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference, held January 15th to 17th at the Wilderness Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, had a record attendance of 701, according to Anna Maenner, Executive Director of the...
Here in Minnesota and across much of the Upper Midwest we have had two dramatic frost damage events in the past year and a half. One on Mother’s Day Weekend in Spring 2010 and...