but wild grapes also ferment on the vine. It is believed that animals sometimes get “drunk” from eating their fermented fruit ...

Of this group, 2,448 genomes were unique, including 844 from wild vines. The analysis also revealed previously undocumented domesticated grape cultivars ... the first fruit crop domesticated ...

The scent of ripe muscadines — rich, complex and sometimes described as musky — is unmistakable once you’ve smelled it. I ...

Soon Li Teh, an assistant professor of grape breeding and enology, answers questions about the development of our state’s ...

But it’s wild grapes that kick things off ... A few years ago, while parked under vines heavy with fruit, I had my wife, one daughter and her friend all picking grapes while standing in the ...

The following is from the " Ohio Cultivator":— " Saw off the vine an inch or so below the surface of the ground. Then with a gimlet or small auger, just the size of the graft, bore one or more ...

Wind, like a fifth season, rules the tiny Sicilian island of Pantelleria. Mostly composed of perforated blue-black lava rocks ...

Many of the state’s best vineyards aren’t necessarily “estate” properties (i.e., owned by and growing grapes ... a hint of wild rosemary, and plenty of complex citrus fruit notes.

It’s harvest time, he said, and workers have not found lanternflies among the vines. What’s concerning, however, are the vast acres of vineyards that once produced concord and Niagara grapes ...

The insects pose no danger to humans, but they are agricultural pests, feeding on the sap of grape vines, fruit trees and other plants. They are also hardy travelers. “The adults can hitchhike ...