Unearth what it takes to Be a Better Grape Grower.
Host Fritz Westover shares best practices for being a successful winegrape grower, offers practical tips for your vineyard, and answers questions from growers like you.
Recent Episodes
113: Relationship Status: It’s Complicated – Soil Organic Matter & Microbial Populations with Clotilde Aschero
Fritz welcomes Clotilde Aschero, an agricultural engineer and consulting oenologist at Terra Mea and Laboratoires Dubernet in France, for a conversation about soil organic matter, microorganisms, and vineyard management. Drawing on her work with winegrowers and her research, Clotilde explains why soil organic matter is more than a number on a lab report. Clotilde distinguishes…
112: Spray Less: How PIWI Varieties Combat Fungal Disease and Build Vineyard Resilience with Dr. Oliver Trapp
What if a vineyard’s strongest defense against fungal disease starts with the grape variety itself? Fritz talks with Dr. Oliver Trapp, head of grapevine breeding at Germany’s Julius Kühn Institute, about PIWI varieties and their role in more resilient viticulture. Oliver explains how breeders combine resistance from wild grape species with desirable wine traits, why…
111: Bonus Episode: Creating Community – Why I Created VVA
In this bonus episode, Fritz explains why he founded the Virtual Viticulture Academy in 2018. He describes three motivations: consulting travel limited how many growers he could serve; some growers couldn’t afford or find individual advice; and vineyard management could feel isolating without nearby peers. The academy was created as a trusted source for research-based…
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