VIN 102 - Intro to Bearing Vineyards

1. Explain different vineyard training systems
   1. Identify major training systems
   2. Identify minor training systems
   3. Demonstrate the strengths and limitations of each system
2. Investigate winter hardiness and spring frosts
   1. Demonstrate how to determine damage
   2. Explain impact on vine management
   3. Identify methods of cold avoidance
3. Understand different pruning systems
   1. Differentiate cordon and cane pruning
   2. Differentiate fruiting canes and spurs
   3. Identify methods of insurance pruning
   4. Demonstrate balance pruning
4. Outline pre-pruning steps
   1. Identify live tissues
   2. Identify desirable and undesirable tissues
   3. Analyze vine growth status
5. Demonstrate proper pruning technique
   1. Calculate proper level of pruning
   2. Demonstrate methods of tissue removal
6. Identify characteristics of a quality canopy
   1. Calculate shoot density
   2. Estimate fruit exposure
   3. Identify plant growth habits that indicate proper growth
7. Outline canopy management options
   1. Describe options for positioning canopy
   2. Describe options for removing canopy
8. Formulate canopy management plan
   1. Evaluate management options
   2. Analyze impact of plan
9. Understand concepts of crop management
   1. Correlate impact on shoot growth
   2. Contrast thinning practices
   3. Demonstrate thinning practices
10. Understand methods to manage vine health
    1. Investigate uses of petiole sampling
    2. Investigate uses of soil sampling
    3. Demonstrate proper sampling technique
    4. Identify visual deficiency symptoms
    5. Identify methods of fertilization
11. Describe management of ripening crop
    1. Identify fruit quality parameters
    2. Demonstrate fruit assessment
    3. Investigate how to determine harvest dates
12. Evaluate methods of harvest
    1. Identify benefits and drawbacks hand harvesting
    2. Identify benefits and drawbacks to machine harvesting
13. Investigate marketing of the grape crop
    1. Evaluate marketing methods
    2. Formulate grape contract
14. Analyze vineyard economics
    1. Calculate costs.
    2. Calculate income
    3. Estimate break even points
    4. Demonstrate vineyard cash flow scenario