2024 Class Descriptions & Registration
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Mountain Grape School In-Person Classes
10AM – 2PM on Saturdays
All classes $30/person includes catered lunch.
Dates of classes TBD after January 15, 2024
MGS1 Vineyard Design & Layout (Learn the best way to lay out your vineyard in the mountains)
MGS2 Pruning Muscadine Grapevines – (This class will teach you how to properly prune your muscadine grapevines. Pruning is the one task that will determine what kind of yield you will get from your grapevines.)
MGS3 Planting, Propagation Tips, and Trellis Design – (In this class you will gain hands on propagation experience.)
MGS4 Training and Mid-Season Canopy Management – May 20 (Learn how to train young vines to get best future growth. Learn how to do mid-season canopy management to encourage correct ripening.)
MGS5 Disease identification and treatment – (Learn how to identify the most common diseases for muscadine grapes and their treatment. Also mineral deficiencies that may look like diseases)
MGS6 Grape-based products & Processing – (Learn about the many potential products that can be made from muscadine grapes and the basics of their processing)
MGS7 Marketing & Sales, Grape sales contracts – (Learn when/where/how to sell your grape products)
MGS8 Harvesting Workshop – (Learn how to Pick Muscadiine grapes. Picking muscadine grapes is different from picking regular grapes.)
MGS9 Muscadine Home Winemaking – (Make a batch of muscadine wine.)
MGS10 Entertaining With Wine – (Learn how to properly evaluate a bottle of wine in a restaurant or home setting. How to make the best choice of glasses & corkscrews, proper toasting, and more.)
Contact me for special discounts for couples, Zoom on-line classes, and combo specials for multiple classes.
QUESTIONS?
Call me: 828-606-3130
e-Mail me: Chuck@JeweloftheBlueRidge.com