Move Over, Cabernet: Napa Winery Tries Out New, Disease-Resistant Grapes
Rutherford’s Whitehall Lane planted Camminare Noir and Paseante Noir to deal with the threat of Pierce’s disease. But how’s …
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Sex and Garlic: New Weapons Against the Most Notorious Vineyard Diseases?
A Champagne vine expert and a Bordeaux lab have developed potential keys to winning winemakers' eternal war with powdery …
The Sultan of Sap
How Italian master pruner Marco Simonit changed viticulture
Ex-Yellow Tail Guy Pleads Guilty to Wine (and Weed) Crime
Plus, former French footballer pleads guilty to selling fake Bordeaux, and drones vs. sharpshooters
Scientists Gain New Understanding of Vine-Killing Pierce's Disease
But in California's Central Valley, vintners are facing a growing problem
Napa and Sonoma Vintners See a Surge in Vine-Killing Pierce's Disease
Thousands of vines were uprooted in 2015, raising fears that warm weather is allowing the disease to spread
Researchers Believe Viruses Could Fight a Dreaded Grapevine Disease
Texas A&M team isolates organisms that kill the bacterium behind Pierce’s disease
French Fear Vine Disease May Have Arrived
A strain of the bacterium that causes Pierce’s disease, which has ravaged California vines, has been found on Corsica
Guarding Grapevines with Genes
Scientists have created a vine gene that can kill Pierce's disease, but will consumers accept wine from genetically …