As the 2017 vintage winds down, I have been thinking about the inclination of the human brain to simplify and generalize. I have noticed this …
Daniel Baron – A Little Bit of Everything
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Bioclimatic indices of the ripening period (1): The Huglin index
The amount of sunshine: critical criteria for grapes ripening There are a few important indices you want to look at closely when it comes to …
We farm soils: Organic and Biodynamic Conference, NZ
Three days, from June 26 through June 28, about organic and biodynamic viticulture and winemaking. The conference was organized by Organic Winegrowers in New Zealand …
ASEV 68th Annual Conference
Last week, Fruition Sciences attended the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) 68th Annual Conference in Bellevue, Washington. This event was a true meeting of …
Physiological Maturity – Daniel Baron
Physiological Maturity Although it is out of the sequence of the current growing season, this week I will address a more general stylistic topic …
Review of 2017 Pruning – Daniel Baron
Review of 2017 Pruning In February I had the pleasure to spend four days pruning with the Simonit and Sirch team from Italy – …
Thoughts on spring 2017 – Daniel Baron
As we begin this wet, cool 2017 growing season, shoot growth appears to be in slow motion. With heat predicted next week we will no …
Blog Update : the Industry Corner
Blog update We would like to thank you very much for visiting our blog! Each month we are thrilled to have thousands of individual …
Diagnosing trunk diseases with deep DNA sequencing
Grapevine trunk diseases have caused major economic losses to vineyards worldwide. Trunk diseases are painful because they reduce plant vigor and cause yield loss and …