In case of a sharpshooter onslaught, says viticulturist Jim Wolpert of the University of California at Davis, a grower's only recourse is to "yank the vines and start over.
Yet wines from Chile--whose climate, soil and cheap labor are a viticulturist's paradise--are finally adding vintage to value, in the way that California wines did two decades ago.
An alert viticulturist named Millardet discovered that vines so sprayed were not attacked by downy mildew.
Warm weather means early Calif. harvest Assistant winemaker and viticulturist Nathalie Jure Buckland examines cabernet sauvignon grapes ripening at Opus One winery in Oakville, Calif.
Aug. 10, 2013 - Carson Times