Cultural Practices

Preplant Management Decisions:

• site evaluation and selection
  • Vineyard Site Selection in Virginia
    - Example of future maps
  • Vineyard Site Selection in Ontario
  • Vineyard Site Selection in Michigan
• site and soil preparation
  • Michigan's Vineyard Establishment I - Preplant Decisions

Establishment Decisions:

• vine and rootstock selection
  • Cornell's Wine and Juice Grape Varieties for Cool Climates
  • Cornell's Table Grape Varieties for Cool Climates
  • Iowa State Univ. Viticulture Program Cold Climate Cultivars
    
• training systems
• trellising systems
  • Iowa State's Constructing a Vineyard Trellis (pdf)

Postplant Management:

• dormant pruning
  
• MacroMedia Presentations from VirginiaTech  Part I     Part II    Part III
  
• vine nutrition
• Spectrum Analytic Factsheet on Fertilizing Grapes
• Mark Chien's (PennState) presentation on Grape Nutrition
  
• canopy management
• harvest parameters