The weather pattern over California this week brought near normal conditions for the middle of August. ...
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Those who have invested in water saving technologies are breathing a little easier than those who have not as California water supplies get even more scarce....
At about this time next year, nearly all of the 2,800 wild, rare and domesticated grapes in a unique northern California genebank will have had their “genetic profile” or “fingerprint” taken. ...
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Multi-generation insects like the vine mealybug are tough to control because all growth stages can be found at the same time in a vineyard....
The American Vineyard Foundation (AVF) and the André Tchelistcheff & Dr. Richard Peterson Scholarship Committee has awarded two University of California, Davis students, Alexander Chassy and Annegret Rust, with scholarships to help support their current research and educational goals....
Wine-type variety grape production for California is forecast at 3.40 million tons, up 6 percent from both the July forecast and from the 2007 crop, according to the USDA-NASS California field office....
The California raisin-type variety grape forecast is 2.20 million tons, up 7 percent from the July forecast. ...
Dr. S. Kaan Kurtural, a viticulture researcher and instructor from the University of Kentucky, will join California State University, Fresno’s Department of Viticulture and Enology as the inaugural Bronco Wine Co. Viticulture Chair....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sonoma County wine grape growers have been thrown many curves this year. ...
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On the eve of this year’s California grape crush, the state’s largest wine grape grower cooperative still has grapes to sell....
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