Credits

Contributors

*Denotes contributors who also wrote sections of the guide

Research scientists

• Dr. Pat Bowen* (Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland): Grapevine Development, Irrigation
• Dr. Robert Evans* (USDA Agricultural Research Service): Frost Protection
• Dr. Tom Forge (Agassiz)
• Dr. Eugene Hogue
• Dr. Tom Lowery* (Summerland Research and Development Centre): Insects and Mites
• Dr. Gerry Nielsen
• Dan O’Gorman
• Dr. Mercy Olmstead* (Washington State University): Canopy Management, Floor Management
• Dr. Peter Sholberg (Summerland Research and Development Centre)

BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food

• Susanna Acheampong
• Jim Campbell
• Gayle Jesperson
• Hugh Philip (retired)
• Madeline Waring
• Production Insurance
• Other staff

Other contributors

• John Vielvoye, who was the primary author of the original Grape Management Guide, portions of which still remain in this guide
• Lynn Bremmer* (Mount Kobau Wine Services): Fruit Sampling and Maturity
• John Bremmer (consultant/grape grower)
• Kellie Garcia (Insight Environmental Consulting Ltd.)
• Margaret Holm* (Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance): Wildlife
• Markus Keller*: Canopy Management
• Joe Larivière* (B.C. Environmental Farm Plan): Environmental Farm Plan
• Rachel Penner (editor)
• Carol Reid* (Farm & Ranch Safety & Health (FARSHA)): Worker Health and Safety
• Mike Watson* (Vincor International): Crop Estimation
• Kathleen Willemsen*: Canopy Management

Photographs

• The main cover photograph is kindly provided by Graem Nelson Associates Ltd of Penticton
• Merlot grape cluster courtesy of Mission Hill Family Estate Winery
• Photographers for individual images illustrating pests in the Crop Protection section are credited on each photo

Funding

Thanks are extended to the BC Wine Grape Council.