19. Many European Grape Vines Are Grafted Onto American Rootstock In the mid-1800s, France and other European vineyards had many of their grapes wiped out by a blight from phylloxera, a small ...

By   For insiders in California’s wine business, Kirk Lokka has been a beloved figure for decades, but the detail-oriented, ...

Luke Evnin, proprietor of Annulus, credits the grapes’ quality to the soil as well as the “microclimate of cool nights and ...

Traditional grapes still play a role, but there is a noticeable shift ... Growers are increasingly selecting drought-tolerant rootstocks and refining irrigation techniques to maximize water efficiency ...

A staple of a visit to Sonoma, California, where nature and art come together in a perfect blend, is a tasting at one of the ...

As grapes ripen, they lose acidity ... thousands of acres of vineyards -- once thought immune to the pest -- had to be replanted with resistant rootstock at a staggering cost. For now, phylloxera ...

WSDA’s Grape Planting Stock Certification Program was established ... domestically and internationally as own-rooted vines or grafted vines (if the source rootstock is from a certified source). The ...

They have been making small production wines. The grapes are hand harvested from 10-year-old vines – all original rootstock.The wine is aged in French oak barrels, of which 80% are second-hand use. At ...