Groundwork: A Vineyard Floor Management Summit

Join us for our next educational forum focused on Vineyard Floor Management. A two-part event with one day in seminars led by thought leaders from around the country, followed by a practical day in the field with hands on demonstrations. Learn more and register here

Set to take place over two days with day one in seminars on the historic, leafy campus of Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center just outside Princeton, NJ; and day two in the field with hands on demonstrations at Working Dog Winery.

We’ll survey the tools, techniques and innovations around vineyard floor management. We’ll cover important areas ranging from soil health, cover crop management, weed control (including grazing), increasing biodiversity and the economics behind these practices. In a changing environment, vineyard floor management can help create a more balanced, sustainable, and healthy vineyard that is better able to thrive.

Attendees can choose to participate in the full two-day event; or either single day.

• Dr. Jaclyn Fiola, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Soils & Environmental Science, Delaware Valley University
• W. Gill Giese Jr., PhD , Plant and Soil Science/Assistant Professor, Instructor, College of Agriculture, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
• Craig Ledbetter, Vice President, Vino Farms
• Fred Merwarth, Co-Owner, Winemaker, Vineyard and Nursery Manager, Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard
• Justine Vanden Heuvel, Professor and Chair, Horticulture Section School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University

As an extension of our educational forum, we are launching a companion cost sharing program designed to help New Jersey wineries and vineyards put their learnings into immediate action. All vendors at our demo day on Tuesday March 11 will be enrolled in this program.