Good morning,
The final schedule of talks at your annual meeting has been finalized and is below. Note discussion on new fungicide restrictions in the works. Below is the link for tickets for the meeting at the Visitation Hotel, Frederick. Get your ticket before we run out of space.
2025 Annual Conference Agenda and Schedule
Wednesday January 14 – Thursday January 25
The Visitation, Frederick Maryland
| Wed. Jan. 15 | Viticulture | New Growers Workshop |
| 8:00-9:15 | Registration, Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:15-9:30 | Welcome and Introduction, Wick Dudley, Daniel Larason, MGGA; Dr. Joseph Fiola, UME | |
| 9:30-10:15 | State of the Wine Industry/Legislative Update Janna Howley, Cultivate and Craft/MWA
Kevin Atticks, MDA |
The Local and US Industry and Vineyard Site Selection
Dr. Fiola, UME
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| 10:15-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-11:15 | Differentiating Leaf Symptoms; Pierce’s Disease Dr. Mengjun Hu, PLSA, UMD | Recommended Grape Cultivars by Region
Dr. Fiola, UME |
| 11:15-12:00 | Spotted lanternfly Management Update
MDA, UME |
Vineyard Disease Management
Dr. Mengjun Hu, PSLA |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00-2:00 | Regional Grape Recommendations and Blind Tasting
Dr. Fiola, UME |
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| 2:00-2:45 | Influence of Shoot Thinning and Leaf Pulling on Disease and Grape Harvest Parameters
Shannon Rotella, Ph.D. Graduate Student, PLSA, UMD |
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| 2:45-3:00 | Break | |
| 3:00-3:45 | Influence of Environmental Stress on Vine Physiology at Various Vine Development Stages
Dr. Andrew Reynolds Professor of Viticulture (retired), Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph |
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| 3:45-4:00 | Daily Wrap Up Wick Dudley, Daniel Larason, MGGA | |
| 5:00-7:00 | MGGA Social at Visitation | |
| Dinner on your own | ||
| Thur. Jan. 16 | Concurrent Viticulture Session |
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration and Full Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and Introduction, Wick Dudley, Daniel Larason, MGGA; Dr. Joseph Fiola, UME |
| 9:15-10:00 | Managing Environmental Stress (Drought/Heat) at Various Vine Development Stages
Dr. Andrew Reynolds Professor of Viticulture (retired), Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph |
| 10:00-10:30 | Breeding for Mid-Atlantic Adapted Grape Cultivars
Dr. Surya D Sapkota, Research Geneticist, USDA Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, WV |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:15 | Downy Mildew Management and Life without Mancozeb and Captan
Dr. Mengjun Hu, PLSA, UMD |
| 11:15-12:00 | Annual MGGA Business Meeting |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:30-2:00 | Evaluating and Planting Nursery Stock
Daniel Larason, The Crossvines/MGGA and Glenn Lucas, Mid-Atlantic Viticultural Services /MGGA |
| 2:00-2:45 | Vineyard Soils – Evaluating and Understating Parent Material
Dr. Jaclyn Fiola, Assistant professor, Delaware Valley University, Doylestown PA |
| 2:45-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:00 | Wrap up and Closing Remarks
MGGA |