Annual Meeting Update
2025-01-15 - 2025-01-16 | Visitation Hotel, Frederick, MD, Frederick, Maryland
The Maryland Grape Growers annual meeting is in Frederick, Maryland this year. We will be at the new Visitation Hotel in downtown Frederick. There is a block of rooms reserved for attendees, which may be booked at https://www.visitationhotel.com/. Below is the preliminary schedule of talks. And note there is a New Grower Workshop on Wednesday morning. Admission includes continental breakfast, lunch, wine tasting and social Wednesday and breakfast Thursday. Tickets are available at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maryland-grape-growers-annual-meeting-tickets-1112160906209?aff=oddtdtcreator
Preliminary schedule:
Wednesday morning (8:30- 12:15): State of the Industry
Dealing with Pierces disease
Lanternfly refresher
Breakout session: New Growers workshop

Wednesday Afternoon (1:30- -4:30): Leaf pulling, shoot thinning and disease management
Cultivar characteristics tasting
Grape phenology stages and water stress
Wednesday Evening (5:00- 7:00): MGGA Social

Thursday Morning (8:30-12:15): Breeding for Mid-Atlantic adapted varieties
Dealing with extreme weathers in the Mid-Atlantic
Downey mildew and Mancozeb and new EPA proposed actions

Thursday Afternoon (1:30- 4:40): Influence of soil parent material on vine nutrition
Nutrient deficiency and remediation

Maryland Grape Growers Annual Meeting
2025-01-15 - 2025-01-16 | Visitation Hotel, Frederick, MD, Frederick, Maryland
The Annual Meeting for the Maryland Grape Growers Association is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, January 15th and 16th, 2025 at the new Visitation Hotel in Frederick, Maryland. Add the dates to your calendar and plan on attending. The meeting agenda is being finalized and details will be out shortly. For those who would like to stay overnight, there is a block of rooms reserved for the meeting.

Summer Field Day
2025-06-21 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Summer Field Day 2025 will be at Six Wicket Vineyard, Myersville, Maryland, Saturday June 21st.
Vineyard tour with Joe’s critique, timely presentations, and wine tasting.
BRING your lunch and beverage.
Registration and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-field-day-2025-six-wicket-vineyard-june-21st-tickets-1374608845059?aff=oddtdtcreator

Maryland Grape Growers Association and Maryland Wineries Association joint Annual meeting
2026-01-28 08:00 - 2026-01-29 17:00
The Maryland Grape Growers and the Maryland Wineries Associations are holding their joint Annual meeting January 28 and 29, Wednesday and Thursday, at Hyatt Place hotel, Kent Narrows, Grasonville, Maryland. Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mgga-and-mwa-joint-annual-meeting-tickets-1977989971250?aff=oddtdtcreator
Tickets include continental breakfast and lunch each day and evening social Wednesday. PLEASE bring samples of your wine for ‘educational’ tasting at social.
Meeting presentation topics to follow shortly.
