{"id":263460,"date":"2026-04-23T22:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263460\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:54:10","slug":"9th-annual-central-texas-vines-and-wines-program-set-for-may-12-in-waco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263460\/","title":{"rendered":"9th annual Central Texas Vines and Wines program set for May 12 in Waco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilifeextension.tamu.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Extension Service<\/a> will host the ninth annual Central Texas Vines and Wines program on May 12 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilifeextension.tamu.edu\/counties\/mclennan-county\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AgriLife Extension office for McLennan County<\/a>, 4224 Cobbs Drive, Waco.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20230710_Wine_Grape_Harvest_SC_218-1.jpg\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"1138127110\" data-slb-group=\"367564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20230710_Wine_Grape_Harvest_SC_218-1.jpg\" alt=\"White grapes on the vine\" class=\"wp-image-367565 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;width:600px\"  data-\/><\/a>9th annual Central Texas Vines and Wines program set for May 12 in Waco. (Sam Craft\/Texas A&amp;M AgriLife )<\/p>\n<p>The event is hosted by the AgriLife Extension Horticulture Committees serving Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill, Limestone and McLennan counties and the <a href=\"https:\/\/txmg.org\/mclennan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Master Gardeners of McLennan County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Registration and breakfast begin at 8 a.m., with the program starting promptly at 8:30 a.m. The registration fee is $35 per person and includes an Italian lunch with local vineyard wine sampling. One <a href=\"https:\/\/texasagriculture.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Department of Agriculture<\/a> integrated pest management continuing education unit will be available.<\/p>\n<p>To RSVP by May 5 or for more information, contact the AgriLife Extension office at 254-757-5180 or <a href=\"http:\/\/agrilifetoday.tamu.edu\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#27740a4a444b424b4b46496753464a5209424352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Morning sessions<\/p>\n<p>Topics and speakers include:<\/p>\n<p>How Fruit Quality Influences Wine Quality \u2014 Andreea Botezatu, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension enologist and associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Bryan-College Station.<\/p>\n<p>Irrigation Strategies for Texas Wines \u2014 Michael Cook, AgriLife Extension viticulture program specialist, Denton.<\/p>\n<p>An Italian lunch and local vineyard wine sampling will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon sessions<\/p>\n<p>Harvest Decisions \u2014Botezatu.<\/p>\n<p>Nutrition Management and Petiole Sampling \u2014 Daniel Hillin, AgriLife Extension viticulture program specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p>Root Physiology, Environment and Soil Health in Grapevines \u2014 Lorenzo Rossi, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Bryan-College Station.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printfriendly-pdf-button.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 112px;height: 24px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share or print this post: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Extension Service will host the ninth annual Central Texas Vines and Wines program on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-263460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}