UC Davis Grape Day & Trade Show

The Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis will host a grape day and trade show at the Oakville Experimental Vineyard on June 8, 2022, from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to rotate through different stations to hear from Faculty, Farm Advisors, and others active in the grape and wine industries.

AGENDA

8:00 AM
Registration and Coffee  

8:30 AM
Welcome
Kaan Kurtural, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, Viticulture, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis & Anita Oberholster, Vice Chair & Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, Enology, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

8:45 AM - 12:40 PM
Conference Room Academic Presentations
(Due to limited capacity in the conference room, signups for these presentations will be available at registration)

8:45-9:10 AM; 10:10-10:35 AM
Understanding wine quality and grapevine field performance by integrating genetics, chemistry, sensory science, and remote sensing
Dario Cantu, Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis; Mireia Domenech-Lopez, Graduate Student, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis; Jerry Lin, Graduate Student, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis

9:10-9:35 AM; 11-11:25 AM; 12-12:25 PM
Grapevine trunk diseases in the North Coast region
Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis

9:35-10 AM; 11:25-11:50 AM; 12:15-12:50 PM
How to sample for and identify Grapevine Red Blotch virus vectors
Cindy Kron, UCCE North Coast Area IPM Advisor, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties

8:45 AM - 10:45 AM 
Vineyard Station Rotations

10:45- 11 AM
Break

11 AM - 1 PM
Vineyard Station Rotations

Academic Presentations:

1. Translocation of smoke metabolites in grapevines
   Anita Oberholster, Vice Chair & Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, Enology, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
2. Using photoselective shade films to mitigate the effects of climate change
   Lauren Marigliano, Graduate Student, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
3. Can applied water amounts mitigate the effects of Grapevine Red Blotch Disease?
   Justin Tanner, Post Graduate Researcher, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
4. Trellis systems and applied water amounts in the new labor market
   Kaan Kurtural, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, Viticulture, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
5. The no-touch vineyard
   George Zhuang, UCCE Viticulture Advisor, Fresno County 
6. Combining ground and aerial sensing to improve grape yield forecasting
   Mason Earles, Assistant Professor, Departments of Viticulture & Enology & Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis
7. Evaluation of Pierce’s Disease Cultivars for anthocyanin biosynthesis
   Chris Chen, UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor (Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties)
8. How can rootstock x clone combinations help us mitigate the effects of climate change?
   Karl Lund, UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor (Madera, Mariposa, and Merced Counties)
9. California Crop Coefficient Cooperative and Hot Spot Ag
   Daniele Zaccaria, Associate Agricultural Water Management Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources, UC Davis & Val King, Hot Spot Ag

Exhibitor Stations:

1. The use of biostimulants in wine grape production in warm climates
   Valagro USA
2. Complete mechanization of a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in the Oakville AVA
   VMECH
3. Crop Protection in the Vineyard:  Field R&D to Commercial Use
   Syngenta
4. Weed Management Technologies
   NAIO Technologies
5. Blue White Robotics
   Adi Schecter
6. Clean Plants
   Duarte Nursery
7. Herrick Grapevines
8. Wilbur Ellis
9. Opti Harvest
10. Tule
11. Innovak Global
12. Grey Creek
13. Clemens

1:00-2:30 PM
Lunch

LOCATION

Oakville Experimental Vineyard, 1380 Oakville Grade Rd., Oakville

REGISTRATION

$50 (includes breakfast and lunch)

Registration closed at 5 pm on Friday, June 3. 

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING EVENT SUPPORTERS