Productivity and Performance: Strategic Winegrowing, Bristol

Productivity and Performance: Strategic Winegrowing for All Seasons

For intermediate to advanced vineyard and viticulture practitioners and professionals.

Preparing for variable growing conditions can prove challenging for any vineyard team. This workshop presents strategies for you to fine-tune and adapt techniques for immediate forecasts and disease pressures, while also building long-term vine health and resilience.

Gain insight into data-monitoring, technological solutions and other options for achieving improved performance, efficiencies and consistent fruit quality.

Your ticket includes lunch and morning tea.

Some of the key objectives for this workshop are:

• How to plan a yearly and seasonal programme
• Understanding the brand positioning of the wine and how this influences the choices made in the vineyard
• Considering the economics of mechanisation or manual processes
• Assessing the components of yield and how to achieve the yield ‘sweet point’
• Reviewing the methods for assessing and controlling canopy vigour
• Evaluating canopy management techniques and impact of operation timings
• Preparing for disease control and mitigation in a proactive and cost-effective way
• Exploring vine architecture, photosynthesis, fruit chemistry and quality
• Determining the right data collection needs, methods and forms of analysis, and how to use this data to continually improve vineyard performance
• Identifying the right technology and system solutions for your vineyard.

Ticketing Options

Buy a ticket bundle to save.

BUY THREE WORKSHOP TICKET BUNDLE

Thirsty for more? Buy a three workshop bundle and get 15% off. You can transfer these tickets to other members of your team if you’d like to share the love. Use the promo code 3XTIX25.

BUY TWO WORKSHOP TICKET BUNDLE

Want to book in for two Workshops? You can get 10% off each ticket. You can transfer these tickets to other members of your team if you’d like to share the love. Use the promo code 2XTIX25.

WINEGB MEMBERS

All WineGB members receive 5% off each ticket price on all workshops. Use the promo code WINEGB25 to access this price. Please enter your WineGB membership number on your registration form.

STUDENT PRICING

Are you a tertiary student seeking opportunities to further your understanding of viticulture, you can also get 5% off the ticket price with the promo code STUDENT25. Please enter your student number and institution on your registration form.

VINESCAPES CLIENTS – get in touch with the Vinescapes team for your exclusive client price. Email info@vinescapes.com

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Your Trainers…

JOEL JORGENSEN

Joel is a highly regarded and well-known viticulturist, who grew up on his family vineyard in the Cape Winelands, South Africa. Here he spent every opportunity nurturing organic vines and wines with his father. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Viticulture & Pomology at Stellenbosch University before making his way to the UK.

Joel has seemingly done it all in the UK. He managed an organic vineyard in Hampshire, has consulted and managed multiple sites for clients across the country for in various roles for Vinescapes and other viticulture companies, coached budding viticulturists and today he works across all operations for Vinescapes as the Managing-Director.

Joel has a particular penchant for regenerative viticulture and soil management to build resilient and productive vineyards.

CAMERON ROUCHER

Nuffield Scholar and an experienced vineyard manager, Cameron established a reputation for quality grapegrowing and innovation over the 12.5 years he managed the vineyards at Rathfinny Wine Estate.

Cameron grew up in New Zealand, where he trained in viticulture and learned the tricks of the trade. He recently returned to the Antipodes to work at Cherubino in Western Australia. Cameron returned to the UK this year to bring his skills and experience to a wider audience, working across Vinescapes many clients with a focus on technology, new innovations and the benefits of regenerative viticulture in a changing and variable climate.