YOUNTVILLE — Napa Valley farmworkers had the opportunity to demonstrate their pruning skills and earn the title of “champion” during the 17th annual Napa County Pruning Contest at Beringer Vineyard’s ...

Kuhlman Cellars will host a Vina Vita University viticulture overview class with a focus on winter pruning, on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. In this approachable and entertaining ...

On our farm, the official start of the new year in the vineyard happens when we begin our winter pruning. This kicks off the yearly cycle of work in the vineyard that will last about 10 months from ...

It was a big week for women working at Napa Valley’s vineyards—for the the first time in 12 years, women were allowed to compete in a prominent annual pruning contest. Before you say “why the hell are ...

I am always happy when February comes around with its warmer temperatures and longer days signaling that the coldest part of winter has passed. In Napa County, the hills have turned green and the ...

Pace and precision were the key skills scrutinized by judges Wednesday at the 2024 Sonoma County Pruning Championship, where 65 vineyard employees from across the region gathered to see whose ...

The woody, 15-year-old syrah vines resisted mightily, but vineyard worker Laureano Herrera cut quickly and skillfully enough to win Friday's 14th annual Sonoma County Pruning Championship near ...

Jake Cragin, vineyard manager and viticulturist with Sawtooth and Skyline Vineyards, thins shoots of a specially pruned Tempranillo vine outside Nampa, Idaho, on May 31. But the vine’s more vertical, ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...

We’ve kicked off 2024, and generally the weather has been seasonable. We finally received some real snow from a major storm at the end of the first week of January, measuring 7 inches in the ...

Out of 160 vineyard workers who put their skills to the test in the 19th annual Napa County Pruning Contest, four women and four men made the cut. Carina de la Cruz of Renteria Vineyard Management and ...