Aug 4, 2026
In this episode of Vineyard Underground, Fritz talks with Dr. Mark Krasnow of Thoughtful Viticulture about how to tell real vine stress from false alarms in the vineyard.
Mark explains why grapevines are often tougher than they look and breaks stress into three main categories: water, heat, and wind. He and Fritz...
Jul 21, 2026
In this conversation, Fritz continues his deep dive with Thijs Verschuuren of Herman J. Wiemer, exploring practical baby steps toward biodynamic and organic vineyard management. Thijs walks through how he structures a non-systemic spray program in a high-disease-pressure region, breaking down critical spray...
Jul 7, 2026
In this episode, we dig into what it really looks like to take manageable, real-world steps toward biodynamic and organic winegrowing with Thijs (Taze) Verschuuren, Director of Vineyard Biology and biodynamic specialist at Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard in New York’s Finger Lakes.
We follow Thijs’s path from European...
Jun 23, 2026
We mark a major milestone with our 100th episode by stepping back to look at where the vineyard industry has been and where it’s headed next. Fritz walks us through what’s in, what’s out, and what’s coming for growers who want to stay profitable and resilient.
We start with the changing economics of grape...
Jun 9, 2026
Dr. Katie Gold and Dave Combs from Cornell University join Fritz to unpack one of the most confusing topics facing winegrape growers today: how biological fungicides truly fit into a spray program.
Katie explains how the Cornell grape pathology program has expanded rapidly, moving from strictly conventional...