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A&J Vineyard Supply’s Employee Spotlight series highlights a different employee every month, offering an inside look into our company culture and the individuals that make our team the best in the business. This month, meet Enrique Lopez, the Shipping and Receiving Yard Assistant at A&J Vineyard Supply!   Name: Enrique Lopez Role at A&J: Shipping and […]

  Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, riverbanks, and construction. This is especially important for vineyards, not only because surface runoff and the resulting soil erosion are the principal means by which fertilizers and pesticide residue applied to a vineyard move offsite, […]

Your number one goal right now is likely keeping your grapes and crops healthy, which means controlling one very important element: birds. There are a number of options for controlling—or at least limiting the damage of—birds, but experts say the best defense is to build a strategy that includes multiple points of protection and to […]

The growth phase of grapevines varies based on climate, weather, and grape variety. Since there are so many different conditions for grapevine growth and grape development, not every grapegrower is on the exact same schedule. However, as pruning season commences and we head into spring and summer, vine management is on everyone’s mind.  Unfortunately, with […]

From August through October, the Napa Valley is buzzing with the excitement around harvest. While tending to the grapevines is a year-round endeavor,  harvest is particularly crazy because the timing is always a bit unknown. Vineyard workers must be prepared at a moment’s notice to make sure they are picking grapes at the absolute peak […]