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Host Fritz Westover shares best practices for being a successful winegrape grower, offers practical tips for your vineyard, and answers questions from growers like you.
Recent Episodes
104: Ask Fritz: Late Season Rots, Juice Analysis, Ripping Out Vines and More!
In this Q&A episode of Vineyard Underground, Fritz answers real-world questions from growers across the U.S., covering late-season disease management, water and nutrient strategy, and vine removal decisions. Fritz talks through post-harvest care for young, non-bearing vines, how to handle irrigation and foliar disease pressure in different regions, and clears up confusion around growing degree…
Continue to Episode 104: Ask Fritz: Late Season Rots, Juice Analysis, Ripping Out Vines and More!
103: Distinguishing Real Vine Stressors from Imagined Ones with Dr. Mark Krasnow
In this episode of Vineyard Underground, Fritz talks with Dr. Mark Krasnow of Thoughtful Viticulture about how to tell real vine stress from false alarms in the vineyard. Mark explains why grapevines are often tougher than they look and breaks stress into three main categories: water, heat, and wind. He and Fritz highlight common misreads…
Continue to Episode 103: Distinguishing Real Vine Stressors from Imagined Ones with Dr. Mark Krasnow
102: Baby Steps Towards Biodynamics & Organic Growing Practices – Part 2 with Thijs Verschuuren
In this conversation, Fritz continues his deep dive with Thijs Verschuuren of Herman J. Wiemer, exploring practical baby steps toward biodynamic and organic vineyard management. Thijs walks through how he structures a non-systemic spray program in a high-disease-pressure region, breaking down critical spray timing, coverage strategies, and why he treats bloom and cap fall as…
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