Nova Scotia Wine Grape Hardiness for Early January 2019
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness report for early january 2019 - NS
Nova Scotia Wine Grape Hardiness for Late December 2018
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness report for late december 2018 - NS
Nova Scotia Wine Grape Hardiness for Mid December 2018
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness report for mid december 2018 - NS
Nova Scotia Wine Grape Hardiness for Late November 2018
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness report for late november 2018 - NS
Nova Scotia Wine Grape Hardiness for Mid November 2018
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness report for mid november 2018 - NS
Nova Scotia Wine Grape Hardiness for Late October 2018
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness report for late october 2018 - NS
BC Grape Hardiness for Mid February
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness results for mid february 2020.
$163 billion grape industry at risk due to spread of grapevine red blotch virus with no known treatment
$3 million grant given to institutions in California and Oregon to address unknowns of disease and mitigate its effects on grape production, wine quality. Less than an hour from UC Davis, lie the towns of Napa and Sonoma, both hubs of the $163 billion US grape industry. California-grown grapes makes up 90% of the country’s wine production, yet they are at risk as a currently untreatable grapevine disease spreads rapidly across the country but especially in California and Oregon vineyards.
Surviving Climate Change
Ancient, heat-hardy wine grapes are being resurrected in Spain to deal with rising temperatures. Worried producers in Bordeaux—where Cabernet and Merlot have long ruled—have approved the use of seven new wine grapes from Portugal, Spain and southern France in their blends. The University of California at Davis recently released five new hybrid grape varieties—its first such release since the 1980s—to resist vine-killing insects expected to proliferate as winters warm.
BC Grape Hardiness for Late January
Attached is the Winter Grape Bud Hardiness results for late January 2020.