EV 230 - Advanced Vineyard Management

Credits: 3
LEC hours per week: 1
CLIN hours per week: 6
Designed for viticulture and enology students who wish to further develop their wine-growing acumen and vineyard technology experience. This will be a combination of in-class lecture, followed by field work with a heavy emphasis on grapevine biochemistry as it relates to winemaking. Students will be responsible for maintaining an assignment vineyard block, under the supervision of the course instructor. Attention will be placed on proper canopy management, varietal and genetic variations, vine water status, soil water content, and vineyard irrigation.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in EV 102 or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes:

Identify key components of a vine canopy.
Differentiate and track vine developmental phases.
Conduct hands-on canopy management.
Identify grape varieties by leaf and cluster structure; ampelography.
Identify vineyard equipment.
Create a summer maintenance plan.
Formulate an integrated pest management plan.

Course Topics:

Meso and microclimates
Nutrient transport
Shoot positioning
Leaf removal
Summer pruning
Yield adjustments
Pest identification and management
Vine water technology
Ampelography
Irrigation monitoring
Vineyard mapping

Course Attribute(s): None