Viticulture and Enology Extension News (VEEN)

Current Issue – Online

Fall 2025 – Vineyard Idling, Sustainable WA, WineVit 2026

Past Issues – Online

We are working to convert our past issues into an online format. As they are converted, they will be posted below. PDF versions of VEEN from 2011-2024 are located on the VEEN Archive Site. 

Spring 2025 – Fruit Set Issues, Electrical Weeder, Inversion Models, AWN Smart Farm, AWN Spray Guidance Tool, Ravenholt Lecture Series, New WSDA Applicator License Requirements

Fall 2024 – Spotted Lanternfly and Japanese Beetle Updates, Sap Flow Sensors, Irrigation During Heatwaves, Soil Carbon, Wine Commission Research Project Roundup, Smoke Resources

Spring 2024 – Nematode Sampling, Spotted Lanternfly, Japanese Beetle Quarantines, HiRes Vineyard Nutrition, Smart Vineyard, Wine Commission Update

Fall 2023 – ESA Pesticide Labels, Vineyard Nutrient Budgeting, Soil Moisture Sensors, Wine Commission Research Resources website

Spring 2023 – Beneficial insects, AgWeatherNet 10-day forecasts, Frost mitigation, Mealybug monitoring, Getting involved in research reviews

Fall 2022 – Spotted Lanternfly, Irrigating by Variety, Soil Health, Research Priorities

Spring 2022 – Phylloxera risk map, automated shoot thinning, partial rootzone drying, managing grape acidity in hot years, grape mealybug mating disruption, and research funding.

Fall 2021 – Japanese beetles, AgWeatherNet new mobile site, HiRes Vineyard project, Intelligent Sprayer, Winter meetings, Grape and Wine Research History.

Spring 2021  – FRAME Resource Updates, Leafminers, Sprayer Overview, Mechanical Canopy Cooling, Drone-based Vineyard Water-Status Imagery, Scholarships, Wine Commission Funding Update

Fall 2020 – Pesticide Recertification Credits, Leafminers, AgWeatherNet Updates, Smoke Task Force, Scholarships and Sabbaticals, Winter Meetings

Spring 2020 – Quarantines, Disease Resistant Grape Varieties, Vine Water Response, Research Program, Certificate Program

Fall 2019 – Phylloxera scouting, Irrigation Management, Spotted Lanternfly, Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts, Research Program

Spring 2019 – Buffalo Treehoppers, Solid Set Chemical Delivery, Fungicide Resistance Selection, Sour Rot, Washington State Grape and Wine Research Program, PICOL

Fall 2018 – Soil Salinity and Sodicity, Root-Knot Nematode Biology, Sprayer Pressure Gauges, Washington State Grape and Wine Research Program, PNW Grape Quarantine Harmonization, 2019 Winegrowers Convention

Spring 2018 – Testing for Fungicide Resistance, VitisGen2 Update, Herbicide Use in WA, Leaffolders, Winery Pesticide Licensing, Washington State Grape and Wine Research Program, Wine Microbiology Update, WSU V&E Program Tours

Fall 2017 – Smoke Taint, Grape Powdery Mildew, Pre-emergent Herbicides, Price Premiums and Certifications, Wine Microbiology Update, Washington State Wine Commission, Grape Quarantine Harmonization

Spring 2017 – Winter precipitation, Berry splitting, Insect vectors, Herbicides, AWN phenology model, Wine microbiology, Pesticide drift, NASS ag census, Washington Winegrowers, Washington State Grape and Wine Research Program

Fall 2016 – Legality of Propagating Vines, AWN Annual Review, Irrigation Maintenance, Leafhopper Pesticide Evaluation, Cold Hardiness Resources, Pesticide Licensing in Wineries, Washington State Grape and Wine Research Program Review

Spring 2016 – Sprayer Calibration, P Fertilizer, Deep Irrigation, New Mite in WA,  Sensory of Bubbles, Brettanomyces

Fall 2015 – Water Resources, Weather Review, Concord Chlorosis, Crop Coefficients, Barrel Craftsmanship, Acid Adjustments

Spring 2015 – Phloem Damage, Trunk Diseases, Butterfly Sanctuaries, Drought Advisory, Weather Review

Fall 2014 – Economics of Trunk Disease Management, Native Plants, Blackleaf, Bud Fruitfulness, Leaffolders, Weather Review, Winery Bench Trials, Brettanomyces detection

Spring 2014 – Quarantines, Clean Plants, Mite Resistance, Canopy Management, Native Yeasts, Irrigating Variable Soils, Grape and Wine Acidity Explained

Fall 2013 – Mites, Winter Water, Brettanomyces, Irrigation Scheduler Mobile

Spring 2013 – Native Plants in Vineyards, Berry Water Balance, Grapevine Redleaf (Red Blotch) Disease, Wine Sensory Lab Update, Wine Matrix and Tannins

Fall 2012   – Dormant Lime Sulfur, Physiology of GLRD, Robotic Pruning, Maceration Part 3, Atypical Aging, Smoke Taint

Spring 2012 – Vintage Explained, SWD, Mealybug Trapping, Mobile Irrigation Scheduling, Maceration Part 2, Tannin Additions

Fall 2011 – Season in Review, Mealybugs, AWN, Maceration, Measuring Brix, WSU Wine Sensory

Spring 2011 – Cold Hardiness, BMSB & SWD, Native Cover crops, Clonal Plant ID, Irrigation Sensors, High Acid Wines

Archived Issues (PDFs)

PDF versions of VEEN from 2011-2024 are located on the VEEN Archive Site.