In the wake of the Montecito mudslide, a Los Olivos winemaker is re-using soil from the disaster as a natural fertilizer for some of the grape plants on his vineyard. “We are combining the soil from ...

Whether your interest in growing grapes is in picking your own fresh fruit straight off the vine or trying your hand at making your own wine, you might be surprised to learn that grapes of all ...

Whether you are growing wine grapes or table grapes, it’s a good idea in our climate to delay the final pruning until you are confident that freezing, dry and windy weather has passed. The reason for ...