With thousands of tiny moths already trapped in budding vineyards, Napa Valley grape growers have begun spraying pesticides against the latest threat to California's premiere wine region. "We're in ...

If you happen to be wandering the Mojave Desert and come across a desert tortoise, don’t poke around the critter too closely—you could end up covered with a surprise spray of artificial grape fluid.

Sonoma County supervisors indicated Tuesday that Sonoma Valley residents and grape growers are better off accepting chemical-laced twist ties to avoid aerial spraying in the fight against the light ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- When a voracious pest triggered a quarantine this week across much of Napa Valley -- the nation's premier grape-growing region -- it threatened more than the grapes themselves. The ...

In the midst of high-flying economic times for the wine industry, a little insect that carries and transmits a deadly grapevine disease, holding the potential to seriously threaten the multibillion ...

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Nashik: Rain-drenched and deprived of sunlight, Balasaheb Palve's four-acre vineyard in Niphad taluka's Velapur village lies ...