TWGGA 2025 Annual Conference

Uncertainty is a constant in agriculture, and grape growers face unique risks from weather, pests, and other unpredictable challenges. This session will demystify the essentials of grape crop insurance, covering what it is, how it works, and how to determine the right coverage for your vineyard.

This session explores strategies for building and maintaining successful collaborations with Texas restaurants, including getting your wines featured on Texas restaurant menus. Discover how to position your wines as the perfect complement to Texas cuisine, navigate pricing and distribution challenges, and create compelling stories that make your wines a must-have for restaurant beverage programs.

The selection of the planting stock for a particular vineyard site is one of the most consequential decisions for the production of high-quality grapes. The use of clean grapevines (certified, disease-free) should be an integral part of such decisions because it has a direct impact on the successful establishment of vines, their survival and growth rate, as well as the quality of fruit. Additionally, certified planting stock reduce the presence of detrimental pathogens in newly established vineyards, help maintain vineyard health, and reduce production uncertainties. Information on the production of clean grapevine material in the country and some of the best practices for maintaining plant health and integrity will be provided and discussed.