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 are adapting to climate shifts early – and ...

For red wine grapes, deficit irrigation again limits canopy size, but also affects berry components associated with wine quality. Deficit irrigation is an agricultural technique used to achieve a ...

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 ...

Under sunny, arid conditions, wine grapes can become sunburned, which can adversely affect productivity and fruit maturity. USDA researchers investigated a particle film, which increases light ...

Growers are increasingly turning to machines for pruning, canopy management and harvesting, ... quality grapes. About 90% of the wine grapes crushed in the U.S. are mechanically harvested.