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2013 VVA Technical Program [pdf]
This year’s Winter Technical features:
- Thursday’s Workshop is sponsored by the Virginia Wine Board and will therefore have a separate registration fee of $20 to all VVA members and interested Virginia Residents. It will feature a tasting and discourse of twelve 2012 Governor’s Cup Case Winners and will be presented by Master of Wine, Jay Youmans. Wines will be discussed with detail on the winemaking and vineyards from where the grapes were harvested.
- Discussion of research and management studies for pests and diseases, such as Leafroll Virus, Pierce’s Disease, Grape Berry Moth, Grape Root Borer, Fruit Flies, and Grapevine Yellows.
- Back-to-Basics Grape Disease Management with a focus on Powdry Mildew, Botrytis, Downy Mildew, Phomopsis, Ripe Rot, and Bitter Rot.
- 30th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner and will include a special Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Dr. Bruce Zoecklein. Wines from VVA members will be featured so we can all join in the fruits of our grower’s labor!
- Wine, please! If having the fruits of your labor available to sample during our celebratory dinner sounds enticing… contact Tom Kelly for more information.
2013 VENDORS
| Arton Products Lively, VA |
Custom decorated stemware, glassware, and ceramics. |
| Augusta Coop Staunton, VA |
Vineyard consulting, crop protectants, nutrients, custom application services. |
| Bayer Crop Science Glen Allen, VA |
Fungicides, insecticides, herbicides. |
| BDI Machinery Sales, Inc. Macungie, PA |
Sprayer, hedger, hoeing machine. |
| Double A Vineyards Fredonia, NY |
One-year field grown grapevines. |
| Euro-Machines, Inc. Fairfield, CA |
Vineyard and winery equipment. |
| GHT Insurance Agency Richmond, VA |
Insurance |
| Gowan Company LaFayette, NY |
Pest Control Products |
| Grafted Grapevine Nursery Clifton Springs, NY |
Ownrooted and grafted grapevines. |
| Helena Chemical Company Harrisonburg, VA |
Vineyard pesticides, fertilizers, etc. |
| Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard Dundee, NY |
Grafted grapevines. |
| M.G. Newell Corporation Greensboro, NC |
Pumps, tanks, valves, hoses, etc. |
| Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects Washington, DC |
Architectural services. |
| Spec Trellising Ivyland, PA |
Trellis materials, netting, steam generators, s/s tanks. |
| Summit Wine Solutions Ararat, NC |
Winery Equipment. |
| VineSmith/Crop Production Stephens City, VA |
Pesticides, crop consulting. |
| Vintage Nurseries Wasco, CA |
Certified dormant bareroot grapevines. |
| VDACS Richmond, VA |
Agriculture and Forestry Development Services |
| VDACS-Office of Pesticide Services Richmond, VA |
Compliance materials and resources, pesticide safety literature, recordkeeping books. |
| Virginia Wine Bottling Company Orlean, VA |
Mobile Wine Bottling Services |
| Watermark Design | Balmat Law Charlottesville, VA |
Logo/label design/websites (winery branding) | Trademark/copyright |
| Winchester Equipment Company Winchester, VA |
Tractors & sprayers. |
| Wine & Vine Care Charlottesville, VA |
Winery and vineyard consulting management. |
| Wright Global Graphic Solutions Thomasville, NC |
Wine labels and design, point of purchase. |
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Special Thanks to the Friends of the VVA! Information will be available for each of these businesses at the Winter Technical.
Allen E. Neyman Associates Architecture, LLC
