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Happy Monday!
09/08/2025

Happy Monday!

We love our work views
08/19/2025

We love our work views

🌱 Bud Break Has Begun! 🌱📍 Central Coast Spring signals a major milestone in the vineyard—Bud Break is officially underwa...
04/02/2025

🌱 Bud Break Has Begun! 🌱
📍 Central Coast
Spring signals a major milestone in the vineyard—Bud Break is officially underway across the Central Coast winegrowing region.
As soil temps hit 50°F, grapevines awaken from dormancy. But there’s more behind the magic:

🍇 Chilling Hours: 200–600 hrs below 50°F needed to prep vines.
💧 Water Uptake: Root pressure rises, fueling new growth.
🌿 Hormonal Shifts: Cytokinins & Gibberellins increase as Abscisic acids drops.
☀️ Daylight: Longer days trigger the start of the season.

Bud Break timing varies by variety, pruning, soil moisture, and nutrient status—but the season’s energy is rising 🌞🍷

Fun Friday! A fun part of the job is using beneficial insects to control certain types of pests. This is a type of anagy...
09/27/2024

Fun Friday! A fun part of the job is using beneficial insects to control certain types of pests.
This is a type of anagyrus wasp that is used for mealybug control. Beneficial insects can provide very effective control and is becoming a more popular method to use in vineyards. They come in these bottles that you hang in the canopy or on the cordon wire. Typically, it is best to put them out mid-morning in a shady part of the canopy. It is important to hang them in an adjacent area close to the mealybug but not a vine with mealybugs because the ants. Ants will actually “farm” the mealybugs for the honeydew that they produce and will protect them from predators. So, if you put the bottle to close there is a chance that the ants can find it and kill any remaining wasp.

Sometimes the vines can’t fully recover from the previous season. Seeing signs of nutrient deficiency, off to the labs f...
09/22/2024

Sometimes the vines can’t fully recover from the previous season. Seeing signs of nutrient deficiency, off to the labs for results!

This is founder Dan Rodrigues. Dan is involved in the Central Coast wine industry serving as a current Chairman of Agric...
09/02/2024

This is founder Dan Rodrigues. Dan is involved in the Central Coast wine industry serving as a current Chairman of Agricultural Liaison Advisory Board (ALAB). Dan is also a Committee Member of Technical Advisory Sub Committee for FREP, Lecturer of Viticulture Cal Poly SLO, California Ag Leadership Class 41, and Past President of CCWGAA.

Can you be{leaf} it’s Friday?
08/23/2024

Can you be{leaf} it’s Friday?

This is Scale, full name is European Fruit Lecanium Scale. Adult females can be found by woody canes, cordons, and spurs...
08/21/2024

This is Scale, full name is European Fruit Lecanium Scale. Adult females can be found by woody canes, cordons, and spurs. Typically laying eggs in the spring, crawlers hatch in summer, and then move to the shoots and leaves.

Great night with Team Vina Quest supporting Cal Poly Wine & Viticulture! 💚💛🍇🍷
03/09/2024

Great night with Team Vina Quest supporting Cal Poly Wine & Viticulture! 💚💛🍇🍷

Holiday fun with the Vina Quest team!
03/09/2024

Holiday fun with the Vina Quest team!

A fun Friday night @ the Cal Poly Winemaker Showcase w/the Vina Quest team! 🍷🍇
04/29/2023

A fun Friday night @ the Cal Poly Winemaker Showcase w/the Vina Quest team! 🍷🍇

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Paso Robles, CA
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