Kansas Vineyard & Grape Growing Resources
Current & Historical
Books
- Sunlight into wine: A Handbook For Winegrape Canopy Management, Richard Smart & Mike Robinson
- Effective Vineyard Spraying: A Practical Guide for Growers, Andrew J. Landers.
- The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture, Lon Rombaugh (Chapter on Propagation)
- Wine Grape Production Guide For Easter North America, Tony K. Wolf.
- Viticulture: Volume 2 Practices, Coombe & Dry
- From Wines to Vines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine, Jeff Cox.
- PDF: A Practical Guide to Developing a Commercial Wine Vineyard A Practical Guide to Developing a Commercial Wine Vineyard (Thank you to Mark Chien!)
- The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and The Untold Story of American Wine, Todd Kliman.
- PDF: Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide 2017 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide 2017, Midwest Fruit Workers Group
Historical Books
- Foundations of American Grape Culture, T.V. Munson, D.Sc. (1909)
- PDF: The Grape In Kansas: How To Grow And Use It (1901) The Grape In Kansas: How To Grow And Use It (1901)
- PDF: Fungus Diseases Of The Grape And Other Plants And Their Treatment Fungus Diseases Of The Grape And Other Plants And Their Treatment, F. Lamson-Scribner (1890)
- PDF: Peach Culture, Plum Culture, Grape Culture, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries and Dewberries, Currants, and Gooseberries Peach Culture, Plum Culture, Grape Culture, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries and Dewberries, Currants, and Gooseberries, International Textbook Company (1913)
- PDF: Small Fruits: Their Propagation and Cultivation, Including the Grape, Small Fruits: Their Propagation and Cultivation, Including the Grape, William H. Hills (1886)
Articles
- PDF: Beginning of Viniculture in France, 2013
- PDF: Crop Management in Wine Vineyards, Mark Chien, Penn State Extension
- PDF: Economics of Midwestern Grape Production, Bruce Bordelon, Perdue University
- PDF: Further Study of Native Grapes, Bulletin Number 44, 1893, Kansas State College of Agriculture
- PDF: Grapes (1902), Kansas State College of Agriculture
- PDF: Grape Growing in Kansas (1935), Kansas State College of Agriculture
- PDF: Kansas 2010 Grape Production, National Agricultural Statistics Service
- PDF: Post Harvest Check List and Things to do., Mark Chien, Penn State Extension
- PDF: The Concept of Terroir in Viticulture, Journal of Wine Research, 2006, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 1–10
- PDF: Winter Protection of Peach Trees, and Notes on Grapes (1890), Kansas State College of Agriculture
- PDF: 12 Things Growers Hate to do but Should_pwgn, Mark Chien, Penn State Extension
Presentations
- PDF: Grapevine Truck Disease, Dr Richard Smart, Presented to the Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association, June 25, 2019 TD midwest, pdf
- PDF: Canopy management in the Midwest, Dr Richard Smart, Presented to the Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association, June 25, 2019 canopy management midwest,pdf
- PDF: Ace final AS and RS, Dr Richard Smart, Presented to the Kansas Grape Growers and Winemakers Association, June 25, 2019 Download Here
- PDF: Propagating Grapevines in Kansas – Historical and Current Practice, Bob DesRuisseaux, Prairie Fire Winery & Kansas Wine Institute
- PDF: Getting The Full Benefit of Under-Vine Cover Crops, Michela Centinari, Penn State Ext
- PDF: Replacing Herbicides with Groundcovers in the Vineyard – Kansas Grape Conference 2017, Ben Loseke, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- PDF: KANSAS GRAPE AND WINE CONFERENCE 2017_Amigo Oil to Delay Bud Break_Ben Loseke, Ben Loseke, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- PDF: Itasca Grape Overview, Drew Horton, University MN
- PDF: Tom Plotcher Grapes, Drew Horton, University MN
- PDF: Kansas Filtration Seminar 2015, Maria Peterson, Scott Laboratories
- PDF: Setting up a Spray Program, Michael L White, ISU Extension, 2015
- PDF: Sprayer Selection & Management, Michael L White, ISU Extension, 2015
- PDF: USDA Program Overview, Nancy Pletcher, USDA Topeka, 2015
- PDF: Fertilizer mgmt.2013-KS, Dr Paul Domoto, Iowa State, 2013
- PDF: Growing Vignoles, Doug Bakker, Madison County Winery, Iowa, 2013
- PDF: Managing Vignoles, Doug Bakker, Madison County Winery, Iowa, 2013
- PDF: 2013 – Nutrient Mgmt – Cornell – Hans Walter-Peterson, Hans Walter-Peterson, Cornell University, 2013
- PDF: Nutrition – 2013, Jo Ann Kuhlmann, Eagle Creek Grapes, KGGWA Vineyard Establishment Workshop, 2013
- PDF: Vignoles Description, Doug Bakker, Madison County Winery, Iowa, 2013
- PDF: The Role of Rootstocks in Achieving Vine Balance, Wolpert, UC Davis Extension, 2011
- PDF: Vineyard Trellis Construction, Paul Domoto, ISU, 2002 (Excellent Reference)
Pruning
Pruning Resources
- EXCELLENT set of 3 Cold Climate Pruning “Macro Media Breeze” presentations
a. Dormant Grapevine Pruning #1: http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/connect/pruning/part-1/
b. Dormant Grapevine Pruning #2: http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/connect/pruning/part-2/
c. Dormant Grapevine Pruning #3: http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/connect/pruning/part-3/
- PDF: Pruning Grapevines, Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University:
- PDF: Wine Grape Training Systems, 69 ppt slides, MI State Univ. 2014:
- PDF: Pruning & Canopy Management, Dr. Gail Nonnecke,58 p. ppt, ISU Extension:
- PDF: Assessing Cold Damage to Grapes, Washington State University:
- PDF: Pruning Grapes to The 4-Arm Kniffen System, New Mexico State Univ:
- PDF: Pruning & Training, Chapter 6, 11 pp. NC Winegrape Growers Guide
- PDF: (Full Guide) Pruning & Training, Chapter (pp. 34-54)Midwest Grape Production Guide
- PDF: EXCELLENT- Pruning, Training & Canopy Management of Grapevines in the Midwest
- PDF: Dormant Pruning of Wine Grapes in Kentucky, Hortfacts 31-07, Univ. of KY
- PDF: Basic Principles of Pruning Backyard Grapevines, Ohio State Univ. Extension Fact Sheet
- PDF: Pruning Backyard Grapevines in the 1st – 3rd Years, Ohio State Univ. Extension Fact
- Pruning Grapes by Lon Rombough: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/pruning.html
- PDF: Principles & Practices of Pruning Grapevines, 28p. ppt, Bruce Bordelon – Purdue Univ
- PDF: “Pruning” chapter of the Colorado Grape Growers Guide
- PDF: Dormant Grape Pruning, Penn. State University Extension
- Penn State Pruning Resources, http://www.pawinegrape.com/index.php?page=vinticulture
- PDF: Pruning Grapevines: An Overview, ISU eXtension
- PDF: Pruning & Training, pp. 8-20, Grape Growing in Tennessee, Univ. of Tennessee Extension
- Pruning & Canopy Mgt. Univ. of Maryland: http://extension.umd.edu/smallfruit/grapes/pruningcanopy-management
- PDF: Cold Injury in Grapevines – Extension
- PDF: (Full Guide) Training & Pruning – Chap. 8, Growing Grapes in MO, 2003
- PDF: Re-Training and “spare parts” pruning of grape vines, CO State Univ
- PDF: Spring Pruning of Grapevines, 3 pp. North Dakota State University Extension
- PDF: Pruning severely winter damaged grapevines in Michigan, Michigan State University
Pruning Videos:
- Grape Vine Pruning – Respecting Sap Flow, Vintage Report 2015, Napa, 27:16 min
- Pruning of Concord Grapevines, 2-16-09 – Lake Erie Regional Grape Program, 5:19 min
- Pruning Wine Grape Vines on a VSP, 2-16-09 – Lake Erie Regional Grape Program, 6:19 min
- Pruning Basics: Spur Pruning, 10-29-10 – Oregon State University, 3:00 min
- Spur Pruning Grapevines, 2-8-10 – Oregon State University, 7:10 min
- Cane Pruning Instruction, 2-2-10 – Oregon State University, 7:23 min
- Structure of Spur and Cane Pruned Grapevines, 10-29-10, Oregon State University, 6:16 min
- Pruning Grape & Exploring Other Fruits in the Orchard, 9-23-10 – Oklahoma State, 9:32 min
- How to Prune Grape Vines, 7-14-09 – Michael James Jr, 3:51 min
- Grape Vine Pruning in Late Winter & Early Spring, 4-1-10 – Gurneys, 3:11 min
Pruning Grape Vines (spur & cane), CA Extension. 18:14 min - Proper Methods of Pruning Your Grapevine, Lon Rombough, 5:12 min
- Pruning Grapes on a High Cordon Trellis Part 1, 3-6-09 – OSU Extension, 3:31 min
- Pruning Grapes on a High Cordon Trellis Part 2, 3-6-09 – OSU Extension, 7:02 min
- Pruning Norton Grapevines on a Geneva Double Curtain, 08 – Jowler Creek Vineyard, 5:23
- Pruning Vignoles Grapevines on a VSP, 1-3-08 – Jowler Creek Vineyard, 3:08 min
- Evaluating Bud Injury prior to pruning 1, 1-6-11- NY Finger Lakes Grape Program, 4:50 min
- Evaluating Bud Injury in doors prior to pruning 2, 1-7-11, NY Finger Lakes Grape Program, 4:38
- Cane & Spur Pruning, UC Davis Farm Advisor, 2-26-09, 9:16 min
- Vineyard Pruning Tools, ISU Extension, 3-17-11, 8:53 min.:
- Grapevine Pruning with Vaughn Hammond, Univ. of Nebraska Extension, 3:08 min,:
- Pruning Grape Vines in Minnesota, UMN Extension, 8:04 min., 2010:
- Pruning Grape Vines, Growing Organic, 4:00 min.:
- Winter bud damage assessment, 12-20-13 – Grape Doctor, 8:18 min.:
- Pruning a 4 year old Marechal Foch Grapevine, 3-23-13 – ISU Extension, 9:35 min.:
- Pruning Leon Millot Grapevines & Balanced Pruning Formula, 3-23-13 – ISU Extension, 3:50
- How to prune a grapevine with double pruning technique, 1-16-10 – Jordan Creek Vineyard
- Winter Grapevine Pruning at Shelburne Vineyard, VT, 1-30-12, 1:56 min:
- Cane Pruning Mars Grapevine, VESTA Vine 113, 5:49 min.:
- Trellis Design & Construction & Pruning Fundamentals Prior to Your Frist Cut, 11-20-14,
- Pruning grapevines in the Illinois Sparkling Co. vineyard, 5-8-16, Illinois Sparkling Wine,
- Cleaning, lubricating and sharpening hand pruners, 5-18-14, Spruced Up Tree Care, 6:51 min.:
- Mechanical Pruning Traminette Grapes at Stone Hill Winery, 12-30-13, VESTA, 7:08 min.:
- V-Mech Mechanical Pruner at Tassel Ridge Winery, 4-8-15 ISU Extension,5:45 min.:
- Danzinger Vineyards Munckhof Pre-pruner Demonstration 3-27-14, ISU Extension, 4:04
- Pruning Grapevines, 8:46 min.
- The Basic Skills of Pruning Grape Vines, 58:58 min.:
- Pruning Grapevines, The Renewal Zone, 14:52 min.:
- Pruning Severity: How Much to Leave on a Grapevine, 24:53 min.:
- Layering a Pruning Technique for Replacing or Renewing Grapevines, 21.03 min.:
- Pruning Grapevines Before and After Planting, 28:32 min.:
- Pruning Grapevines Before the Second Growing Season, 36:58 min.:
- Pruning Grapevines When they are Approaching Full Size,12:40 min.:
- Pruning Mature Grapevines, the Basic Steps, 35:45 min.:
- Pruning Equipment for the Manual Pruning of Grapevines, 23:32 min.: