A common challenge in vineyard management is maintaining the health and quality of the vines amidst pests, diseases and climatic factors. Designed for vineyard owners, vineyard managers and workers, winemakers, enologists and aspiring vineyard professionals, this online course explores how to spot these problems and how to prevent or reduce their damage. You’ll learn how to identify and mitigate nutritional deficiencies and diseases in the vineyard, and how integrated pest management can help with these problems and plays a role in organic and biodynamic farming. You’ll also explore larger issues related to climate, such as winter protection in cold climate areas and heat waves and wildfires in warmer environments. By the end of the course, you’ll understand how to control grapevine diseases, weeds, bugs, and larger animal pests, such as deer and birds, as well as how to protect your vines from the weather.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify the major diseases of grapevines and design a prevention or mitigation strategy
• Recognize the presence of primary grapevine pests and create a prevention or mitigation strategy
• Apply knowledge of climatic problems to counter their impact on grape quality
• Apply the concepts and parameters of integrated pest management and organic/biodynamic farming techniques to choose an appropriate strategy for specific vineyard application

Skills You Will Gain

• In-depth knowledge of pests and disease control in the vineyard
• How to design and implement mitigation and prevention strategies against common vineyard problems
• Integrated pest management and organic/biodynamic farming techniques