76 Episodes

  1. 075: The Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi for Vineyard Health with Dr. R. Paul Schreiner

    Published: 7/8/2025

  2. 074: Variation in Young Vine Training in Diverse Climates

    Published: 6/24/2025

  3. 073: Soil Nutrient Interactions and the Role of Potassium in Eastern Vineyards with Dr. Jaclyn Fiola

    Published: 6/10/2025

  4. 072: How Research Influences Our Spray Program Decisions with Dr. Katie Gold

    Published: 5/27/2025

  5. 071: Demystifying Spray Adjuvants with Paul Crout

    Published: 5/13/2025

  6. 070: Alternative Canopy Management Practices

    Published: 4/29/2025

  7. 069: When Are Insects Actually a Problem with Dr. Rufus Isaacs

    Published: 4/15/2025

  8. 068: The Evolution of Vineyard Floor Management with Alice Wise

    Published: 4/1/2025

  9. 067: Growing for Sparkling Wines in Alternative Regions with Mark Wenzel & Kaibab Sauvage

    Published: 3/18/2025

  10. 066: Q&A – Fritz Answers Early Season Grower Questions

    Published: 3/4/2025

  11. 065: Mechanizing Your Vineyard from the Start with Dr. Matthew Fidelibus & Alan Thibault

    Published: 2/18/2025

  12. 064: Growing Grapes Around a World – Mexico with Alexandro Eguiarte & Francisco Verastegui

    Published: 2/4/2025

  13. 063: Pruning Wound Disease Myth Busting

    Published: 1/21/2025

  14. 062: The Timing of Vineyard Management Tasks is Everything With Matt Doyle

    Published: 1/7/2025

  15. 061: In the Vines since 1999

    Published: 12/24/2024

  16. 060: Expectations from a Custom Crush with Ryan Horn and Greg Stokes

    Published: 12/10/2024

  17. 059: Late Season Vineyard Management Considerations

    Published: 11/26/2024

  18. 058: Top 5 Misheard Grape Growing Concepts

    Published: 11/12/2024

  19. 057: Modern Powdery Mildew Management with Dr. Michelle Moyer

    Published: 10/29/2024

  20. 056: The Emergence & Success of the Virginia Wine Industry with Dr. Tony Wolf

    Published: 10/15/2024

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What if you could hang out with experienced grape growers, ask them about the science of grape growing, vineyard operations, and more; then take an insight or two to improve your vineyard and ultimately the quality of the wines you produce? That’s what we do each week on the Vineyard Underground. Hosted by Fritz Westover –– viticulture expert more than 20 years of experience in the vineyard industry –– every episode is an in-depth look at grape growing methods, care, and even complicated matters of fertilization and pest and disease management? The goal is to provide you with an understanding of the complicated aspects of viticulture science so that experienced and even first-time grape growers will be able to understand and implement new practices in their vineyard.