Smokey-tasting wine has cost the industry billions of dollars. A particular species of bacteria could help solve this problem ...

Grape plant bacteria might help mitigate smoke taint in wine by breaking down chemicals that evoke an ashy taste.

New laboratory experiments show that a bacterium that lives on grape plants can break down guaiacol—an unpleasant-tasting ...

We’ve all done it: planted something we love only to learn, sometimes years later, that it is invasive where we live. In many ...

Humans first began foraging for food some 12,000 years ago, long before they developed agricultural tools that overshadowed ...

Amid some renewed interest in foraging for edible wild plants, mushrooms and other foodstuffs, experts caution aspiring ...

The stench of decay announces death—but Rafflesia plants turn it on like a neon sign. Forty-two parasitic species exude the ...

Invasive plants can be beautiful, but they can also be nearly impossible to control and wreck local ecosystems. These are the ...

A $60 million attempt to eradicate a 1989 medfly infestation, prompted the CDFA to adopt a more efficient method—sterile ...

Sutter Creek Theatre, 44 Main Street in Sutter Creek, presents Wild Night — A Van Morrison Tribute - With Horns on Saturday, September 27. Doors open at 6:30 p.m ...

While wine grapes have been grown on Sicily since the Phoenicians arrived 2,800 years ago, it is not always the first Italian region that comes to mind. Often overlooked for its fine wine production ...

It has been a weather roller-coaster since spring, with June temperatures in the mid-30s, followed by a cooling-off period, then a hot and dry July and August, and then colder days and a smattering of ...