Find files, presentations, recordings, and other resources for the Muscadine Winegrowers and Winemakers Quality Improvement Program (M-QEP) on this page. Learn more about this ongoing series of webinars and winery visits here. Sign up now to participate and to receive notices of upcoming sessions.
FREE ITEMS FOR NC WINEGROWERS AND WINEMAKERS!
This grant-funded program offers special benefits to NC commercial muscadine winegrowers and winemakers, including a FREE Brix Refractometer, FREE analysis of juice from your grapes before harvest, and FREE analysis of your wines during the winemaking process. There are added benefits for those who substantially participate in or complete the full series.
Here’s how to get a free Brix Refractometer and/or free analysis of samples from your grapes
- Watch the recording and/or view the PowerPoint presentations from the Testing and Sampling webinar July 14 if you did not participate in the live session. It is important that you understand the protocols for sampling and sending samples.
- Request your free Brix Refractometer and/or grape/wine analysis by filling out this form. This compiles names, addresses, and information about what you want, such as the number of samples you plan to submit through the program. If you have trouble with the form, contact NCMGA at 919-542-4037 or ncmgasec@gmail.com.
RESOURCES & RECORDINGS
Virtual Session July 28: Essentials of Muscadine Winemaking Newly Posted
- Recording of the webinar (view on YouTube)
- Receiving and Handling Grapes PowerPoint presentation by Nadia Hetzel
- Making Great Muscadine Wine from Fermentation to Bottle PowerPoint presentation by Nadia Hetzel
Virtual Session July 14: Grape Testing and Sampling
- Recording of the webinar (view on YouTube)
- Berry Sampling Improves the Value of Your Business PowerPoint presentation by Mark Hoffmann
- Ideal Harvest Parameters PowerPoint presentation by Nadia Hetzel (to come)
- Protocols for Collecting Grape Samples PowerPoint presentation by Renee Threlfall
- Getting Your Samples Ready for Testing PowerPoint presentation by Nadia Hetzel
- OenoFoss Juice Samples PowerPoint presentation by Chuck Johnson
- Grape Sampling and Testing Instructions and Forms Handout with printable forms. Also includes suggestions for buying your own testing equipment
Virtual Session June 16: Summer Vineyard Management for High Quality Muscadine Grapes
- Recording of the webinar (view on YouTube)
- Muscadine Summer Chores 101 PowerPoint presentation by Mark Hoffmann (pdf)
- Update on Muscadine Diseases, Insects and Weeds PowerPoint presentation by Bill Cline (pdf)
- Controlling Fruit Rots on Muscadine Grapes PowerPoint presentation by Bill Cline (pdf)
UPCOMING SESSIONS – These are in-person events!
November 10, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm: Essentials of Winemaking and Winery Tour, Cypress Bend Vineyards (Wagram, NC) Find details and registration form here. Please register by Nov. 8.
November 17, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Vineyard and Winery Tour, Treehouse Vineyards (Monroe, NC) Find details and registration form here. Please register by Nov. 15.
Additional virtual sessions are also under consideration.
Sign up now to participate in any or all of these programs!!