Pruning grape vines is a midwinter job that keeps plants shapely, healthy and fruiting well. Climate change means that grape vines, once the preserve of large conservatories and warmer hemispheres, ...

An unpruned grapevine can look like a tangled mess of random vines to those new to pruning grapes. However, grapevine pruning is actually quite straightforward, if you keep in mind a few basic ...

Learning how to grow your own grapes at home can be an exciting endeavor, but maximizing your yield and maintaining healthy plants depends heavily on when you prune. Grapes sit squarely on the list of ...

Happy New Year to all our readers! Let us hope Mother Nature is good to us this year. We experienced some really cold weather just around Christmas, after a warm early December. This confused the ...

Eight workers who keep grapevines in shape came out on top in a field of 106 people at the 21st annual Napa County Pruning Contest. “As a past winner, now judging, I’m proud and happy to be helping ...

Using a keen eye, a sharp pair of hand pruners and half a lifetime’s experience trimming grapevines, Jesus Vega won an only-in-wine-country competition Thursday — the Napa Valley Grapegrowers’ ninth ...