YOUNTVILLE - Competition on Thursday for Napa County's top vineyard pruner was billed as an historic event because for the first time it included a division for female competitors. But the real ...

YOUNTVILLE — Napa Valley farmworkers had the opportunity to demonstrate their pruning skills and earn the title of “champion” during the 17th annual Napa County Pruning Contest at Beringer Vineyard’s ...

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Kuhlman Cellars will host a Vina Vita University viticulture overview class with a focus on winter pruning, on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. In this approachable and entertaining ...

After grapevines drop their leaves in the fall, all that’s left are bare, spindly canes, looking for all the world like the vines are sporting a wild, wiry hairdo. But those vines get a buzz cut ...

It was a big week for women working at Napa Valley’s vineyards—for the the first time in 12 years, women were allowed to compete in a prominent annual pruning contest. Before you say “why the hell are ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — As spring looms, Jim Delfino strolls the rows of vines at the Melrose vineyard bearing his name, snipping the canes as he passes. Delfino says many people outside of the wine ...

On our farm, the official start of the new year in the vineyard happens when we begin our winter pruning. This kicks off the yearly cycle of work in the vineyard that will last about 10 months from ...

In 2012, a good friend and I enrolled in what might best be called Wine Grape Growing 101, a yearlong experience of following the seasons in Santa Barbara County vineyards on the way to making our ...

The woody, 15-year-old syrah vines resisted mightily, but vineyard worker Laureano Herrera cut quickly and skillfully enough to win Friday's 14th annual Sonoma County Pruning Championship near ...

I am always happy when February comes around with its warmer temperatures and longer days signaling that the coldest part of winter has passed. In Napa County, the hills have turned green and the ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...