After grapevines drop their leaves in the fall, all that’s left are bare, spindly canes, looking for all the world like the vines are sporting a wild, wiry hairdo. But those vines get a buzz cut ...
This year marks 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola and his late wife Eleanor acquired Inglenook. Here’s how early pruning helps craft balanced wines at this historic Napa Valley estate. In the world ...
In 2012, a good friend and I enrolled in what might best be called Wine Grape Growing 101, a yearlong experience of following the seasons in Santa Barbara County vineyards on the way to making our ...
Jake Cragin, vineyard manager and viticulturist with Sawtooth and Skyline Vineyards, thins shoots of a specially pruned Tempranillo vine outside Nampa, Idaho, on May 31. But the vine’s more vertical, ...
Kuhlman Cellars will host a Vina Vita University viticulture overview class with a focus on winter pruning, on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. In this approachable and entertaining ...
CUTCHOGUE – Many of Long Island’s winemakers expect this to be the slimmest grape crop in many years. Because of the gray, wet summer, grapes began falling behind in the ripening process, and ...
Stolpman is a Santa Barbara County winery that has farmed one of California's most distinctive terroirs in the Ballard Canyon ...
Pruning of vineyards starts in mid-March when the vineyard gardeners of Takestan spend busy days. Of course, there are different types of pruning, and most gardeners in Iran do this in the traditional ...