A global drop in demand for wine has led to a grape glut, and many U.S. vineyards are letting their grapes rot rather than harvesting them. Growers say it's one of the worst wine years in decades.

Grape white rot, caused by Coniella diplodiella (Speg.) Sacc. (Cd), significantly impacts grape production and quality, highlighting the need for effective disease management strategies beyond ...

While the financial impacts of this storm are dire for some, members of the Agricultural space say it's depressing to see what is happening as a result of the storm. SHAFTER, Calif. — At the Hein ...

Tim Rehbein of the Vernon County UW-Extension Office said ripe rot is a fungus where the spores landed on the grapes midsummer, weather conditions became hot and humid, the disease started growing as ...

Despite their bad reputation, mold, yeast, and fungus are responsible for some of the tastiest things in our lives, such as blue cheese, bread, pizza crust, soy sauce, miso, and of course mushrooms ...

For chardonnay grapes in Sonoma County, now's not the time to still be hanging out in the vineyard. Wet, cool weather earlier this month and again last week has given unpicked chardonnay grapes a bad ...

This terroir promotes ideal growing conditions for the six grape varieties used to produce Tokaji Aszu wines. The area benefits from the warm summer winds whistling in from the plains to the south, ...

Introducing Aravelle – a new white wine grape that was 42 years in the making. Cornell grape breeder Bruce Reisch made the hybrid by crossing Cayuga white and riesling grapes in 1981, at the start of ...

Grapevines worldwide face heavy losses from fungal diseases, with white rot posing one of the greatest threats.

As larva, their long tufts of poisonous black spines sting and irritate the skin, covering farmers’ hands in angry red welts. And if there’s enough of them, they’ll completely defoliate vines, induce ...