Fruits
Wine, Grape Industry Has a Heady Bouquet
With 935,000 acres of vineyards and grape farms, nearly 5,000 wineries and 1.1 million jobs, the wine-and-grape industry sends an estimated $162 billion rippling through the U.S. economy each year, a consulting firm said. The... more »
Opportunity ripe for grape growers
Now's your chance to join others in Pennsylvania producing crops for wine industry. The Express-Times (New Jersey) more »
Russian Farm Grows with Maine Connection
Tatiana Valentinovna Galaktionova toured blueberry farms in Sebago and Steep Falls to learn about high-bush blueberry culture. Portland Press Herald more »
Grape Expectations: New Study Shows Illinois’ Wineries Ripening
A survey by wine industry analysts M-K-F Research finds that the number of wineries in a state long known for Abe Lincoln, coal and corn has grown more than five-fold in the past ten years.... more »
2007 Begins With Robust Apple Movement, Lower Holdings
The U.S. apple industry is starting 2007 with fewer apples in storage and strong consumer demand keeping movement robust. The reported supply of apples in storage was lower than January 2006 levels, according to a... more »
A New Generation of Grape Growers is Going into Business for Themselves
It sounds like Depression-era advice: to save the farm, you gotta start a winery. San Francisco Chronicle more »
Stamp Remembered as Pioneer Grape Grower
When wine aficionados get together to talk about Finger Lakes wine vintage years and the bouquets of their favorite releases, they should also think about guys like Charles L. "Monty"Stamp. Star-Gazette (Elmira, N.Y.) more »
Law Makes Cider Pasteurization Mandatory in New York State
A new law that goes into effect this week calls for mandatory pasteurization or ultraviolet treatment of all apple cider produced in New York.“The law is designed to safeguard our industry and give consumers 100... more »
Each Year Holds Grape Expectations
Just 363 days to go before we determine whether this year is destined to be a great vintage, a good vintage or a clunker. Rochester Democrat Chronicle more »
Climate Change Could Be More Than Sour Grapes
Climate change may lead to a change in the taste of Oregon's signature pinot noir wines also could be on the horizon. Seattle Post-Intelligencer more »
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