7:00       Registration and coffee: Snoqualmie Winery (please park along the tree line north of the building, or on paved area southwest of the tasting room entrance)

7:15       Bus leaves

8:00       Goose Ridge: Opening up the canopy for light penetration by hand and mechanically

8:45        Olsen Brothers: Improving efficiency over the last 10 years and farming tiers for different customers

10:00     WSU-IAREC

              Joan Davenport, Professor Soil Scientist – What should I fertilize and what makes it cost effective?

                Markus Keller, Research Viticulturist – Research to practice: Are rootstocks a viable option in Washington? How to manage water to manage vigor?

11:45     Catered lunch at WSU-IAREC: by Picazo 7Seventeen

1:00        Equipment Parade: Qin Zhang, Professor of Ag Automation, will cutting edge equipment keep growers profitable?

3:00        Upland Vineyards: Grafting (and ungrafting):  A cost-

                effective way to address varieties falling in/out of favor in

              ever-changing and dynamic industry.

3:30       Gordon Hill, winemaker, Milbrandt Vineyards: Things a

              winemaker sees and deals with when the economic

              pressure is on.

4:30        Return to Snoqualmie Winery

For WAWGG 2010 Grower and Winery Members. 

To register contact Andrea Baker at andrea@wawgg.org.