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CropWatch endeavours to provide growers in the McLaren Vale region with technical information on key viticultural issues such as pest and disease identification, risk and management.
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Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
The CropWatch Podcast returns for a new vintage looking at changing varieties and reworking vineyards.
Jen and James review presentations from Foundation Viticulture | South Australia | Nick Dry, which featured websites to help you pick new varieties using the Australian Alternative Wine Show database: Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show (aavws.com) and Rauscedo: Grafted vine configurator: choose the perfect one | Vivai Rauscedo
Clint Ledgard (CL Contracting) presented tips for grafting, and Matthew Hatwell (Chalk Hill Viticulture) and Jodie Armstrong (MVGWTA) reviewed reworked vines.
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Rain overnight has changed conditions on vineyards. Canopies and bunches are wet. James Hook is joined by Jen Pedder Agronomist and grape grower to check for Botrytis in the McLaren Vale CropWatch weather station monitoring site.
Discussed in this podcast;
- Harvest is 40% complete in the McLaren Vale Wine Region
- Late season Botrytis Control.
- The Grape Assess App.
- Snail control during autumn.
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Harvest is approaching 30% complete in the McLaren Vale Wine Region. James and Gill meet up to discuss why harvest is late, spring and autumn are cool, and some of the factors that have led to low yields.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
CropWatch Vintage 2023 Alternative varieties - how are they looking for Vintage 2023. James Hook and Gill Gordon Smith look at the performance of Fiano, Vermentino, Negro Amaro, Nero d'Avolo, Aglianico and Sagrantino.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
CropWatch Vintage 2023 - Ep 1 - Highlights & Lowlights Vintage 2023 has been a challenging season for McLaren Vale grapegrowers. James Hook is joined by Jen Pedder as regular host Gill Gordon-Smith is overseas. Recorded just on veraison (E-L 35) with 45-60 days before harvest begins.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Vintage 2022 is all but complete. Gill and James reflect on grape quality and key weather events this season as well as discuss climate predictions for next season.
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Vintage 2022 is slowly progressing. In this episode, Gill Gordon Smith and James Hook catch up to answer why ripening is slow and what is the reason for green berries in bunches this season?
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
James and Gill discuss the declaration of a La Nina weather event and what that means locally for the McLaren Vale wine community. The risks from downy mildew and bunch botrytis are discussed. What is the difference between botrytis noble rot and the destructive bunch rot?
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
The CropWatch podcast returns for Vintage 2022.
In this episode, Gill and James discuss the value of Grenache in the McLaren Vale Wine Region, what we can learn from the European Vintage currently underway, and how the wine community should “play the season, not the forecast.”
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
While the harvest is not quite picked, James and Gill discuss why Vintage 2021 is already being classed as excellent. They also speculate on how Vintage 2019 and 2020 will be remembered, and what 2022 could bring.