Every good vintner knows that each growing season has unique weather condition, pest pressure, and other factors that cumulatively produce a distinctive vintage. This season […]

Northern Grapes News – Vol 5, Issue 3 (Aug 2016) What we Have Accomplished: Reflections on the Northern Grapes Project NGP Team Profile: Ann Hazelrigg Murli Dharmadhikari: […]

All cultivars at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) have entered bloom and are beginning to reach early fruit-set; development spans from E-L* developmental […]

Northern Grapes News – Vol 5, Issue 2 (May 2016) Interspecific Hybrid Red Wine Color NGP Team Profile: Amaya Atucha NGP Team Profile: Francis Ferrandino Simultaneous […]

As mentioned in the “supplemental” issue of the Wisconsin Fruit News, published on May 17th, there was some damage from frost at West Madison Agricultural […]

Grape scouting at the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station began on May 18th shortly after bud burst. The West Madison Agricultural Research Station was scouted for […]

Vines at West Madison Agricultural Research Station show a fair bit of frost-damage this week. The prevalence of frost-damaged shoots on an individual vines varies […]

The frost of May 14-15 was a particularly late frost and many of you are probably wondering what to do now. Here are some recommendations […]

On Thursday, April 27th, Wollersheim Winery of Prairie Du Sac, held an event to celebrate the release of the first wine from Campus Craft Winery, […]

Vine Establishment There is more than one way to train a grapevine, but cold climate grape cultivars are usually characterized by having a downward growing […]