July 16, Thursday — Proper training and care of a grapevine’s shoots, leaves and grape bunches play a critical role in maximizing the productivity of the vine and the quality of the grapes and wine.

Last week, Wilson and his wife, Estelle, 80, crouched low under the sturdy wooden arbor that supports the vine’s canopy. They got a good look at the gnarled roots, some thick as steel cables.

Precision viticulture has arisen in recent years as a new approach in grape production. It is based on assessing field spatial variability and implementing site-specific management strategies, which ...

Q. I’m building a grape arbor and would like to cover it with some 10-year-old grapevines that have been growing in my mother-in-law’s yard. They are fully developed and the canopy covers her ...

Birds and bats in vineyards reduce pest populations, particularly the European grapevine moth, leading to less fruit damage and increased economic benefit for farmers.

In the center of the canopy, a thick mass of twisted, ancient-looking, trunk like vines emerges from the soil. Wilson has carefully cared for the vine since he bought the property in 1957.

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.

A QUICK and simple way way to measure grapevine canopy from mobile phone images is set to make further traction in the viticulture industry ...

Reporting from Manteo, N.C. — It began as a fleck of brown on a leaf. Then several leaves curled and died. Soon the sickness spread. The Mother Vine, believed to be the nation’s oldest ...