Using mechanical pruning like above can save between 60% to 80% of labor operation costs per acre compared to manual pruning alone. (Hector Amezcua/UC Davis) Wine grape growers in California and ...
Last year’s grape harvest was a harrowing scramble at Mirko Cappelli’s Tuscan vineyard. With the Italian border closed because of the pandemic, the Eastern European workers he had come to rely on ...
WALLA WALLA -- When considering the process of winemaking, some minds might recall Episode 23 of "I Love Lucy," titled "Lucy's Italian Movie." While the iconic scene, featuring Lucille Ball and Teresa ...
Suisun Valley, perfectly nestled between coastal mountain ranges southeast of Napa, is a wine grower’s paradise and the fruits of their labor are being pulled from vines each day from now through ...
Slowly, silently, effortlessly. The autonomous grape cart does not necessarily attract much attention as it drives through the rows at Parminder Brar’s 900-acre family farm in Kern Country, Ca. But it ...
Suisun Valley, perfectly nestled between coastal mountain ranges southeast of Napa, is a wine grower’s paradise and the fruits of their labor are being pulled from vines each day from now through ...
It’s rather nondescript: A green plastic tub on a shaded porch. Inside the tub are quart-size freezer bags, each filled with 50 grape berries in dark reddish purples or rounded yellow greens. It would ...
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 ...
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