Grapes are grown for many reasons: ornamental, shade arbors, fruit and wine. All of them share one thing in common: grape ...

The University of Minnesota Horticulture Research Center (HRC) in Excelsior, Minn., breeds new varieties of wine and table ...

While many fruits come and go—just try to get a juicy peach in the northeast in the dead of winter—grapes are reliable ...

Haven’t got round to pruning your grape vines yet? You need to get a wiggle on as garden experts have warned early spring is your last chance to do it. Pruning is the process of cutting back parts of ...

I have grape grower friends with 100-acre vineyards who start pruning in mid-November and finish in mid-March. Pruning in the middle of winter is hard work, but we must get it done before the ...

There are ways to measure the bud hardiness at winter temperatures. The Finger Lakes Grape Program does bud hardiness checks throughout the winter season to alert growers about possible damage.