Sustainable Wine Growing: The Future?

What does it take to grow the perfect grape? Find out in today's episode with Stan Grant, a vineyard specialist with decades of experience in the grape-growing industry. We discuss Stan's journey into grape growing, the biggest issue in grape nutrition, balancing yield and quality, changes in grape growing practices, creating a crop nutrition plan, differentiating grape varieties for wine, table grapes, and raisins, the challenges and future of the grape industry, and Stan's publications and speaking engagements. Takeaways

• Grapevines require a balanced approach to nutrition and stress management to achieve high-quality yields.
• Mechanization and precision fertigation have revolutionized grape growing practices, allowing for more efficient use of resources.
• Different grape varieties are cultivated for wine, table grapes, and raisins, each with specific production goals and management practices.
• The grape industry faces challenges such as labor shortages, water availability, and disease management, but innovation and efficiency can help overcome these obstacles.
• Stan Grant's expertise and contributions to the grape industry have been instrumental in raising the level of knowledge and improving practices.

Useful Links that we mentioned

• Lodi Growers
• Idaho Wine Commission