Pete Anderson - Establishing A Backyard Vineyard

Talk covers vineyard development including aspects of installing a new vineyard such as purpose, site suitability, topography, soil, climate conditions, water availability, cultivar/clone/rootstock selection, trellis and training systems, planting density, irrigation, fertilization
This presentation was given by Pete Anderson on August 17, 2012 at the North County San Diego CRFG chapter meeting. For more info about our chapter and CRFG visit: nc.crfgsandiego.org/
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Speaker Bio:
My involvement with Viticulture and Enology did not begin until after I had retired from the U.S. Government in 1993,but not until 1997 when osteoarthritis stopped short my principal activities of running, tennis, golf, biking ... It was then that I decided to plant grape vines on a parcel of land next to my home in Carlsbad. I realized very soon that
some formal training would be helpful. Having graduated from UCLA with a double major in Political Science and Oriental Languages and a masters program at American University in Communist Chinese Affairs --neither of which would help me with
winegrowing, my attention was directed toward U.C. Davis where I have taken classes in Viticulture and Enology. Locally, I have taken classes with Dick Colangelo, an Associate Faculty member at MiraCosta College, who helped me develop a better understanding of the wines of the world. I learned to make wine under the direction of Lum Eisenman, who also instructed at MiraCosta College and who has taught most of the winemakers in San Diego County. I was an Associate Faculty member at MiraCosta College and taught Vineyard Development and Management in their Horticulture Department. Currently I present viticulture seminars at the Grangettos stores in Escondido and Fallbrook and am assisting CSU San Marcos develop a Viticulture & Enology program.

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