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Sustainable Winegrowing — 327 episodes
326: Increasing Microbat Activity for Vineyard Pest Management
325: 4 Wine-Focused Social Media Tips: Q&A with Heather Daenitz | Marketing Tip Monday
324: Why Great Wine Isn't Enough: The Science of Liking
323: Nature's Night Shift | Sustainable Story
322: Managing Spotted Lanternfly with Biological Control
321: 4 Ways to Get More from Every Social Media Post | Marketing Tip Monday
320: How Grapevine Rootstocks Affect Drought Tolerance, Yield, and Canopy Growth
319: From Remote to Reliable | Sustainable Story
318: The Hidden Life of Grapevine Roots: When Roots Really Grow
317: Print Media Isn't Dead | Marketing Tip Monday
316: Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hopper: Monitoring, Models, and Management
315: Nature's Lawn Mowers | Sustainable Story
314: Cut Bird Damage and Costs: Real Grower Results Using Vineyard Lasers
313: Train Your Team to Talk About Sustainability | Marketing Tip Monday
312: Why the Best Ag Tech Is Built With Growers
311: A Softer Way to Fight Fungus in Vineyards | Sustainable Story
310: Can Your Vineyard Soil Hold Enough Water Without Irrigation?
308: Balancing Cost, Efficiency, and Sustainability in Vineyard Management
307: Planting for Pollinators | Sustainable Story
306: Using Barn Owls for Gopher and Rodent Control in Vineyards
305: 3 Easy Ways to Promote Your Sustainability | Marketing Tip Monday
304: Vineyard Mothballing: Costs, Risks, and Long-Term Yield Consequences
303: Too Salty to Irrigate: A Vineyard's Unexpected Water Solution | Sustainable Story
302: New Cover Crop Tool for Western Growers
301: Turning Sustainability into Sales | Marketing Tip Monday
300: From Sour Rot to Succession Planning: Craig Macmillan's Favorite Podcast Moments
299: A Winery, a Festival, and a $150,000 Investment in Music Education | Sustainable Story
298: How Cover Crops Shape Grapevine Root Systems
297: Consumers Want Sustainable Wine—Here's How to Be Seen | Marketing Tip Monday
296: Using Lasers for Bird Pest Management
295: Wine Law Essentials: Contracts, TTB, Social Media & More
294: Rooted in Community: Winery Stories of Generosity | Marketing Tip Monday
293: How Solar Panels Can Improve Vine Resilience and Wine Balance
292: Testing Vinifera vs. Hybrids: Which Survives Climate Stress Better?
290: Fighting Powdery Mildew with UVC Light
291: 3 Eco Buzzwords You Didn't Know Are Sustainable | Marketing Tip Monday
289: How Spotted Lanternfly Puts Grapes at Risk—and What Growers Can Do
288: Why Now Is the Time to Promote Your Sustainable Certification
287: Dry Farming Vineyards: Where It Works and How to Begin
286: To Till or Not to Till: Impacts on Soil, Vines, and Vineyard Budgets
BONUS: Regenerative Farming, Irrigation Efficiency, and Agroforestry Tips from Kevin Rost
285: 4 Essential Social Media Marketing Tips to Boost Your Brand _MTM
284: SGMA Demystified - Acronyms, Deadlines, and What You Need to Know
283: Developing Cold-Hardy Grapes with 23andMe Technology
282: 5 Smart Ways Wineries Can Use AI to Save Time and Stay Creative | Marketing Tip Monday
281: How Rootstock Impacts Vine Drought Tolerance and Longevity
280: How to Write a Wine Industry Press Release That Actually Gets Picked Up
279: 3 Ways to Improve Your Customer Experience | Marketing Tip Monday
278: Fungicide Resistance in Powdery and Downy Mildew: 10 Years of Vineyard Research
277: Tainted or Toasted? Decoding Smoke Markers in Wine
276: The Business Case for Employee Engagement in the Wine Industry | Marketing Tip Monday
275: Pest Friends: The IPM Simulator Changing How Farmers Think
274: Beyond Foxy: The Case for Hybrid Winegrapes
273: Learn How to Talk SIP with This Simple Framework | Marketing Tip Monday
272: 30 Gophers a Night: Why Barn Owls Belong in Your Vineyard
271: Integrating Biological Solutions
270: Regenerative Farming Practices: Water, Soil, and Habitat | Marketing Tip Monday
269: From Surplus to Strategy: Managing the Grape Market's Challenges
267: Your Green Wine Glossary | Marketing Tip Monday
266: Soft Pesticide Trial: Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew, Botrytis, and Sour Rot
268: How to Tackle Leadership Transitions Successfully
265: How to Stand Out on Social Media in 2025
264: (Rebroadcast) How to Talk SIP with 6 Wine Consumer Segments | Marketing Tip Monday
263: Make Better Wines with Bioinformatics
262: A Vineyard Research Site to Study Soil Health
261: Top 5 Marketing Tips of 2024 | Marketing Tip Monday
260: AI Finds New Grape Growing Regions as Climate Changes
259: Winegrape Market Trends of 2024
257: 5 Ways Certification Makes Brands the SIP | Marketing Tip Monday
257: Understanding Winery Visitors – Increase Sales with your Messaging
256: How These Brands Grow Grapes Sustainably | Marketing Tip Monday
255: Red Wine Headache? Quercetin May be the Cause
254: Tips for Greener Holiday Gatherings | Marketing Tip Monday
253: Regenerative Agriculture: The Path the Climate Change Resilience?
252: Third-Party Certification – Who Gives a SIP | Marketing Tip Monday
251: Vine SAP Analysis to Optimize Nutrition
250: 4 Tips for a More Sustainable Winery | Marketing Tip Monday
249: Making it Easier to Use Satellite Data in Agriculture
248: Advancing Sustainability from the Inside | Marketing Tip Monday
247: Can Area Wide Management Eradicate Vine Mealybug?
246: 3 Ways to Make Your Tasting an Experience | Marketing Tip Monday
245: The 2024 Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards - California Green Medal
244: Highlight Your Habitat | Ancient Peaks' Sustainable Story | Marketing Tip Monday
243: Microbial Communities in the Grapevine
242: How to Talk SIP With Your Wine Club | Marketing Tip Monday
241: The Biochar Handbook – How to Make it and Use it in Your Vineyard
240: Stacking Energy Savings at Niner Wine Estates | Marketing Tip Monday
239: Ford Pro Pilot Project – Trialing Electric Trucks in the Field
238: 5 Sustainable Tasting Room Habits | Marketing Tip Monday
237: Helping Farmworkers Manage Stress
236: Safely Keeping Birds at Bay | Presqu'ile Vineyards' Sustainable Story | Marketing Tip Monday
235: Battling Vineyard Fungicide Resistance with Glove Sampling
234: Sustainable Tasting Room Tips | Marketing Tip Monday
233: The Gap Between Space and Farm: Ground Truthing Satellite Data Models
232: Data-Driven Irrigation | Bien Nacido Vineyard's Sustainable Story | Marketing Tip Monday
231: Stacking Regenerative Practices to Create a Healthy Vineyard
230: Sustainable and Organic… What's the Difference? | Marketing Tip Monday
229: Weed Control in Vineyards
228: Viticulture with a Vision: Oso Libre's Dedication to Social Responsibility | Marketing Tip Monday
227: Andy Walkers' Pierces Disease-Resistant Grapes are a Success at Ojai Vineyard
226: #1 Marketing Tip of 2023: The Training Your Tasting Room Staff Needs | Marketing Tip Monday
225: California's Ban on Autonomous Tractors
224: Cultivating Female Empowerment at Cambria Estate Winery | Marketing Tip Monday
223: New Decision Support System for Irrigation Efficiency
222: How Sustainability Sells in a Tough Market | Marketing Tip Monday
221: Future Proof Your Wine Business with Omnichannel Communication
220: How to Talk SIP with 6 Wine Consumer Segments | Marketing Tip Monday
219: Intelligent Sprayers to Improve Fungicide Applications and Save Money
118: The Art of Emotional Appeal: Tips for Effective Marketing Campaigns | Marketing Tip Monday
217: Combating Climate Chaos with Adaptive Winegrape Varieties
216: Talk About These 7 Values to Connect with Your Audience | Marketing Tip Monday
215: Biochar Production on a Commercial Scale
214: 3 Eco Buzzwords You Didn't Know Are Sustainable | Marketing Tip Monday
213: High Resolution Data from Space Helps Farmers Plan for Climate Change
212: An Educated Approach to Wine Marketing | Marketing Tip Monday
211: Vineyard Nutrient Management Across the United States
210: (Rebroadcast) Does Social Media Impact Wine Sales? | Marketing Tip Monday
209: Science-based Decisions for Climate Action in Vineyards
208: 7 Ways to Share Your Sustainable Story | Marketing Tip Monday
207: Managing Catastrophic Loss in Vineyards: Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand
206: The Best Newsletter You Can Send | Marketing Tip Monday
205: Get More Funding Faster for Land Conservation Projects
204: Growing a Business Through Education: Talley Vineyards | Marketing Tip Monday
203: Get the Latest Viticulture Research from 30 Experts
202: 3 Steps to Make a Sustainable QR Tour Your Guests Will Love | Marketing Tip Monday
201: Balance Hot Climate, High Sugar Wine with Green Grape Juice aka Verjus
200: Doing Good for the Community & Business at Niner Wine Estates | Marketing Tip Monday
199: NASA Satellites Detect Grapevine Diseases from Space
198: 3 Ways to Talk About Sustainability on Social Media
197: Managing the Sour Rot Disease Complex in Grapes
196: Regenerating Vineyard Habitat: Maverick Farming | Marketing Tip Monday
195: Hydrological Mapping: A Vital Component of Effective Water Conservation Plans
194: The Power of Visuals: How Video and Photos Can Help Share Your Sustainable Story | Marketing Tip Monday
193: Looking Back on 40 Years of Sustainable Farming
192: Winery Energy Efficiency: Center of Effort | Marketing Tip Monday
191: CropManage: Improving the Precision of Water and Fertilizer Inputs
190: It's here! The Online Course You Need to Tell Your Sustainable Story | Marketing Tip Monday
189: RNA-Based Vaccination for Grapevine Viruses
188: Safe Pest Management: Wolff Vineyards | Marketing Tip Monday
187: Labor and Employment Law Tips from a Lawyer
184: Wine Customer Segments and How to Talk Sustainability with Them | Marketing Tip Monday
185: Why You Need to Talk About Sustainability
184: Water Management: Shale Oak | Marketing Tip Monday
183: Regenerative Vineyard Farming
182: How to Share Sustainable Stories on Your Website | Marketing Tip Monday
181: Can Applying Compost Reduce Water Use?
180: Social Responsibility at Vina Robles | Marketing Tip Monday
179: Farming with Alternative and Renewable Energy
178: The training your tasting room staff needs | Marketing Tip Monday
177: The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi with Paul Schreiner
176: What's your Sustainable Story? | Marketing Tip Monday
175: How to Prepare for Invasive Pests in Your Vineyard
174: SIP Certified members give back | Marketing Tip Monday
173: Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with Lightweight Wine Bottles
172: The most important "P"... | Marketing Tip Monday
171: How to Farm Wine Grapes for Climate Change
170: Sustain Your Branding Efforts | Marketing Tip Monday
169: Do You Need to Crop Thin Your Vineyard?
168: Do Consumers Trust Your Brand? | Marketing Tip Monday
167: Use Biochar to Combat Climate Change
166: Did you know...? | Marketing Tip Monday
165: Become a Microbe Farmer: Make Compost
164: 3 Ways to Build a Strong Brand | Marketing Tip Monday
163: Onsite Compost Production Using Vineyard Waste
162: 3 Places to Talk About Sustainability in Your Marketing | Marketing Tip Monday
161: Use Storytelling to Sell More Wine
160: Sneak Peek – The Marketing Strategy You're Not Using | Marketing Tip Monday
Bonus: Green Medal Awards – Leaders in Sustainability
159: Under-Vine Vegetation to Control Vine Vigor
158: Why Brands Certify Their Wines Sustainable | Marketing Tip Monday
157: Help Us Give the Gift of Higher Education
156: Is your wine being overlooked? | Marketing Tip Monday
155: Sustainable Vineyard Management Across Different Climates
154: Is Wine Certification Worth It? | Marketing Tip Monday
153: The Role of Nematodes in Soil Health
151: The Role of the Soil Microbiome in Soil Health
152: Tips to Train Your Staff from 3 SIP Certified Members | Marketing Tip Monday
149: Fair Market Trade: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Grapevines
148: Research Shows Soaring Demand for Sustainable | Marketing Tip Monday
150: Can your team talk about sustainability? | Marketing Tip Monday
147: Big Picture Economic Themes in Wine Production
146: Teach Your Tasting Room Team About Sustainability | Marketing Tip Monday
145: New Class of Compounds Linked to Smoke Taint in Wines
144: Are you using the right message on social media? | Marketing Tip Monday
143: Can Barrier Sprays Protect Against Smoke Taint in Wine?
142: Partner with an Influencer | Marketing Tip Monday
141: Financial Aid to Replant Red Blotch Infected Vines
140: Does social media impact wine sales? | Marketing Tip Monday
139: Vineyard Irrigation Scheduling
138: 5 Tips for Your Wine Brand's Social Media | Marketing Tip Monday
137: The Pierce's Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board
136: The Modern Subscription Model | Marketing Tip Monday
135: Cold Hardiness of Grapevines
134: Seasons of Sustainability: Summer | Marketing Tip Monday
133: A Quest for Virus Negative Plant Material
132: Are you Talking About your Sustainability Efforts? | Marketing Tip Monday
131: Virus Detection in Grapevines
130: The biological Control of Vine Mealybug Using Mealybug Destroyers and Anagyrus Wasps
129: The Efficient Vineyard Project
128: A New Focus on Weed Management (Rebroadcast)
127: Soil Microbes and Nutrient Availability (Rebroadcast)
126: Developing New Irrigation Technology for a Fraction of the Cost
125: Using Grape Grower Demographics to Influence Climate Change Adaptation
124: Virginia Creeper Leaf Hopper in Vineyards
123: What is Happening in Biologicals for Pest Management and Plant Health
122: Preserving Agriculture Land to Combat Climate Change
121: Regenerative Agriculture (Rebroadcast)
120: Autonomous Drone Vineyard Spraying
119: Vine Mealybug 101: Species Identification, Lifecycle, and Scouting to Create an IPM Program
117: Grapevine Mildew Control with UV Light
116: Using Nudge Theory to Improve Irrigation Practices
115: Examining Plant Nutrient Mobility with SAP Analysis
114: Designing a Vineyard for Year-Round Sheep Grazing
113: Microbial Inoculants for Soil Health
112: How Deficit Irrigation Impacts Soil Quality
111: Planting a Miyawaki Mini Forest for Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity at Chamisal Vineyards
110: How to Develop a New Vineyard Site
109: Beth Vukmanic, Program Director + fitness influencer, Vineyard Team/SIP Certified + Bethercize, San Luis Obispo, CA
108: Using Satellite Data for Irrigation Scheduling
107: How Grazing Sheep Can Benefit Your Vineyard
106: What? Bury Charcoal in the Vineyard?
BONUS: The Smiths of Saxum Support College Students in the Name of Juan Nevarez
105: Grapevine Shaking for Botrytis Control
104: How to Tell Your Story on Instagram
103: Environmental, Social, & Governance Initiative in Spain's Priorat Region
102: Effects of Landscape Management on Pest Control in Vineyards
101: Sub-surface Micro-irrigation in Vineyards
100: New Grape Disease Sensing Technology with Hyperspectral Imaging
99: New Regulations – from COVID to Wildfires
98: Selling Wine in Non-Traditional Channels
97: How the 2020 Fires & COVID Impact the Grape Market
96: Spotted Lanternfly - Threat to California
95: Current Status of UC Cooperative Extension - Retirements and Recruitment
94: Effective Vineyard Spraying
93: Farming Hemp in Wine Country
92: Regenerative Agriculture
91: (Rebroadcast) Carbon Sequestration
90: Nematode Management for Washington Grapes
89: New Pierce's Disease Vaccine
88: Making Better Soils with Novihum
87: Developing New Winegrape Varieties
86: Wine Production During COVID-19
85: It's Time for New Wine Sales Strategies
84: Falconry Bird Abatement
83: Sustainability - An Advantage in any Market
82: Getting to Know Your Wine Customer
81: Wine Marketing in a Pandemic with Rob McMillan
80: (Rebroadcast) The Goldilocks Principle & Powdery Mildew Management
79: Grapevine Fungal Diseases
78: Biological Control for Grape Vine Trunk Diseases
77: Vineyard Pruning Technology
76: Regulations that will Affect Your Wine Business this Year
75: A New Focus on Weed Management
74: The Spirit of Wine
73: Smoke Impact on Wine
72: Soil Microbes and Nutrient Availability
71: New Techniques to Detect Grapevine Leafroll Disease
69: Management Solutions Through Digital Viticulture
68: Viticulture Research from Washington State University with Dr. Moyer
67: Impacts of Climate Change on Wine Production
66: Vineyard Disease Management
65: Winegrape Brokering and Todays Grape Market
64: Educating the Next Generation of Winegrowers
63: Evaluate and Maintain Your Irrigation System
62: Treat Others the Way You Want To Be Treated
61: Old Vines, New Leaders
60: Jeff Newton
59: In Defense of Farming
58: Barn Owls
57: Wet Climate Viticulture
56: Conservation Burning and Biochar
55: Using Technology to Schedule Irrigation
54: Growing Grapes on Two Coasts
53: Producing Compost and Carbon Sequestration
52: The Long View on Sustainable Winegrowing
51: Effective Vineyard Spraying
50: The Vineyard Team
49: Stopping the Spread of Red Leaf Viruses
48: Creek Restoration and Vineyards
47: Fungicide Resistance in the Vineyard
46: Viticultural Research in Australia
45: Surface Water Quality Preservation
44: Pesticides: Violations and Pesticide Container Recycling
43: Regenerative Development
42: Farming with Wildlife
41: Taking Care of Your Employees
40: The Fight Against Pierce's Disease
Bonus Episode: PG&E Rebates and Incentives Programs
39: Saving Water, Saving Energy, Saving Money
38: Communication in the Workplace
37: New Methods for Estimating Vineyard Yield_Part 2
36: New Methods for Estimating Vineyard Yield_Part 1
35: Integrated Pest Management in Sustainably Farmed Vineyards
34: How to Maintain Good Neighbor Relationships
33: Sustainable, Lake Friendly Farming in Michigan with WaterFire Vineyards
32: Conserving Irrigation Water
31: Triple Certification at Ampelos Cellars
30: Managing the Landscape around the Vineyard
29: Worker Protection Standard - 2018
28: Understanding Soil Health
26: Controlling Mealybug Vectors of Grapevine Viruses
27: 50 Years of IPM
25: Under-Vine Cover Crops
24: Measuring Water and Nitrogen Use
23: The SmartFarm Project
22: Farm Labor Shortage
21: Investing in Sustainable Ag Research
20: Dr. Mark Fuchs | Red Blotch Virus in Grapevines
19: Healthy Soils Program
18: Next Steps in Grape Sampling
17: New Discoveries About Sour Rot
16: Managing Pierce's Disease in Temecula Valley Vineyards
15: IPM Control of Vine Mealybug
14: Organic Pest Control
13: High Tech Tools in the Vineyard
12: A Culture of Sustainability: Scheid Vineyards
11: Putting the "I" Back into IPM
10: Weed Management
9: Detection of Fungicide Resistant Mildew
8: It's Your Land, It's Your Plan
7: Conservation Assistance with NRCS
6: Grower Thoughts on Fungicide Resistance
5: Inoculum Monitoring to Guide Mildew Management
4: Grapevine Trunk Diseases and Red Blotch Virus Management
3: A Short History of Red Blotch Disease
2: The Goldilocks Principle & Powdery Mildew Management
1: Bunch Rot With Larry Bettiga