Pinot noir is a popular red wine made from the thin-skinned Vitis vinifera grape of the same name. These plants can be tricky to grow, which is why pinot noir is often called the “heartbreak grape.” ...

The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating the popular variety of grape since at least the 1400s, ...

Research shows that a 600-year-old grape seed discovered in Valenciennes is genetically identical to the grapes being used to ...

Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

When we think of growing grapes, we might recall the expansive vineyards growing in California wine country or a backyard grape vine somewhere on the mainland. Gerry had his first viticulture ...

There are a number of factors that, blended together, determine a wines particular flavor profile, namely grape variety, “terroir” (soil and climate), winemaking techniques, the vines age, weather ...

Arizona wine growers cultivated almost 80 varieties of grapes last year, with syrah, grenache and cabernet sauvignon leading ...

Q: I am from San Miguel Community Garden, a nonprofit garden located near the North Las Vegas Airport. We are considering adding more grape plants to the garden. We have Flaming Red and Thompson ...

People interbred domesticated vines with wild fruit. This is an Inside Science story. Many of the varieties of grapes used in today's wines are hundreds of years old. Genetic analysis shows that ...