Viticulture Horst Caspari Viticulture WCRC Orchard Mesa Agricultural Experiment Station 3168 B 1/2 Road Grand Junction, CO 81503 970.434.3264 X204 horst.caspari@colostate.edu VARIETY TRIALS Yield data Rootstock Trial on Chardonnay-2000-2006 COLD INJURY Cold Hardiness and Bud Evaluation CAVE Viticulture Weather Stations RESOURCES Cost of Growing Grapes Leaf Analysis Standards Viticulture Survey and Statistics Viticulture Survey and Results Long Term Economic Analysis Mesa County (Updated June 2016) Long Term Economic Analysis Colorado (Updated June 2016) Grand Valley Grape Growing Zones TRAINING and TRELLISING Bi-Lateral vs Quadrilateral Retraining and Winter Pruning to Maintain Yield