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Viticulture
Featured stories covering viticulture appear in this issue.
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Women in vineyards
Few women hold vineyard management positions.
Worker education is a priority at Klipsun Vineyards
Lots of eyes in the vineyard help Julia Kock stay on top of things.
Premium wine sales still growing
Growers need to focus on quality and target fruit for the $15 and up price point, say wine marketers.
Growing fruit without branches
The branchless multileader system offers improved efficiency.
Quality trees: 2014 IFTA Italy
Italian nursery GRIBA developed a quality grading scale, and prices trees accordingly.
Concrete support: 2014 IFTA Italy
Across South Tyrol, growers use posts made of concrete, rather than wood.
Interpoma impressions: Photo gallery from 2014 IFTA Italy
Pictures from the international apple machinery show in Italy.
Fruiting wall concept expands: 2014 IFTA Italy
Alberto Dorigoni is considering shorter trees grown somewhat like vines.
Taking yields to the limit
New Zealand scientists have planted a prototype ‘super orchard’ they hope will produce around 170 apple bins per acre.
Hands-on winemaking: Owen Roe
O’Reilly’s minimalist approach to winemaking is labor intensive.
Story of the soil: Owen Roe
Volcanic and glacial soils at Union Gap Estate help create different flavor profiles in wines.
Story in a bottle: Owen Roe
Each wine bottle at Owen Roe Winery tells a story. It may be about deciding on the location of the estate vineyard, sharing
Stories are plentiful at Owen Roe
Irish-born winemaker helps share the story of Yakima Valley wines.
Good times for hard cider
Explosive growth has captured interest, but there’s little sense of direction.
Michigan takes inventory of fruit plantings
(Richard Lehnert/Good Fruit Grower file photo) Michigan fruit growers were asked in January to provide data for a fruit inventory that would update
First Washington wine research program in the works
Wine Commission will spend $250K on research this year.
Steven Thompson and Kris Fade, Young Grower from Mosier, Oregon
grower / Mosier, Oregon and White Salmon, Washington age / Fade (30) and Thompson (42) crops / wine grapes, cherries business / Analemma
Big export year for Northwest cherries
Video and images of Northwest cherries were displayed last summer in the month of July at Gangnam Station in Seoul, South Korea, where more
China’s cold chain is improving
Many of the new cold storage facilities in China resemble tall office buildings, like this one in Shanghai that’s seven stories high. (Courtesy Keith
Michigan cider makers unite
A small group of Michigan hard cider makers has started the Michigan Cider Association. “The bylaws were signed during Expo,” said Mike Beck, owner of