By WARREN DILLAWAY [email protected] GENEVA — One of the largest festivals in northeast Ohio is scheduled for Sept. 27 and 28, as the Grape Jamboree takes over downtown Geneva. The event ...

When an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, new animals and plants competed to survive on a changing planet. Grapes were the unlikely winners 60 million years ago.

GENEVA — The Grape Jamboree, which takes place during the last weekend in September in downtown Geneva, draws thousands to Ashtabula County every year. "It has a lot of significance to a lot of ...

Deficit irrigation is an agricultural technique used to achieve a variety of results depending on the crop. For white wine grapes, it balances the crop load by limiting the canopy size so there ...

PARMA, ID—Deficit irrigation is an agricultural technique used to achieve a variety of results depending on the crop. For white wine grapes, it balances the crop load by limiting the canopy size ...

Cluster architecture and canopy management -- Dense grape clusters or canopies can create microclimates within the vineyard that lead to uneven ripening.

Sunlight, in turn, promotes fruit quality of ripening grapes. A small canopy requires less annual pruning and allows more air circulation in the vines, which reduces the potential for plant disease.

Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs and severe labor shortages, making it difficult to manage and harvest a vineyard while maintaining profitability. Growers are ...

Climate change has forced Australia’s grape growers to band together to secure water, as well as plant new varieties and cut water use.

Grape growers who produce Iowa-made wines are preparing for the annual arrival of a nasty pest. The Japanese beetle was first spotted in Iowa in 1994. Infestations of the copper-winged insects ...

The 96-page volume explains how canopy management of a vineyard, particularly arranging the grape vine’s shoots and leaves to expose grape clusters to sunlight, helps produce better quality grapes.

The Winegrapes Marketing Board says the week before last temperatures reached 49 and a half degrees in the grape canopy.