
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
028: Top 4 Post Harvest Vineyard Priorities
It is post harvest time for many of our northern listeners. You made it through the peak season, and you are now surviving through the fall and preparing your vineyard for leaf drop. In this solo episode, we are diving into the top four post harvest vineyard priorities for healthy, happy grape vines going into…
Continue to Episode 028: Top 4 Post Harvest Vineyard Priorities
027: Why Grape Growers Should Care About YAN with Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield
As a wine-grape grower, yeast assimilable nitrogen (YAN) is an important factor to measure in your grapes and wine. On today’s episode, Professor and Enologist Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield joins us to share her expertise on the role of yeast assimilable nitrogen (YAN) and nitrogen in wine quality and fermentation. Her work and focus on…
Continue to Episode 027: Why Grape Growers Should Care About YAN with Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield
026: Preventing & Combating Sour Rot with Dr. Megan Hall and Dr. Mizuho Nita
Listen in as we engage in a riveting conversation with two remarkable experts, Dr. Megan Hall and Dr. Mizuho Nita, about sour rot, a challenging disease that can significantly impact winegrapes. Through this discussion, we gain a deeper understanding of sour rot, exploring how to identify it, why and how it occurs, and the various…
Continue to Episode 026: Preventing & Combating Sour Rot with Dr. Megan Hall and Dr. Mizuho Nita
Subscribe to the podcast
subscribe to updates
Be a Better Grape Grower

Be a part of the growing community of growers mastering the art and science of winegrape production with live and self-guided learning opportunities provided by the Virtual Viticulture Academy.