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, ...

Imagine harvesting shimmering clusters of golden, honey-sweet 'Himrod' grapes, rosy-pink 'Reliance' or midnight-blue 'Glenora' right from your own backyard. Unlike supermarket varieties, which taste ...

The type of grape you grow depends on your climate and your taste. Are you looking for dessert grapes? Or perhaps you want to experiment with wine making, in which case the variety you choose will ...

If you plan on purchasing hundreds of grapevines from a nursery, be aware that most nurseries require a one year in advance order so they have time to propagate them for you. Buying a few vines for a ...

The southern side of Rob Whittemore and Cynthia Bond’s beachfront home in La Jolla Shores became a mini-vineyard this summer, after three grapevines Bond planted several years ago grew beyond ...

TRAVERSE CITY — The wild grape vine's prolific creep seemingly grows anywhere and on everything, its path cloaked in a smothering blanket of curlicues and papery green leaves. It twists up trees, ...

Grape phylloxera -- the insect that nearly wiped out wine production at the end of the 19th century in France -- hijacks a grape vine's reproductive programs to create a leaf gall, which it uses as a ...

I grew up with muscadine grapes. I liked them as a kid and still enjoy them today. In my opinion, they are a southern late summer and fall treat. Not everyone shares in my fondness for this native ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TINO CARNEVALE: G'day there. To me, gardening is a work in progress and patience is a virtue. And today ...

Grapes are a fun and healthy snack and can grow well in Iowa. Experts have recommendations about which grape varieties to grow and offer best practices for harvesting and producing. They're ...