Using mechanical pruning like above can save between 60% to 80% of labor operation costs per acre compared to manual pruning alone. (Hector Amezcua/UC Davis) Wine grape growers in California and ...

Last year’s grape harvest was a harrowing scramble at Mirko Cappelli’s Tuscan vineyard. With the Italian border closed because of the pandemic, the Eastern European workers he had come to rely on ...

When it’s harvest time, Yakima Valley vineyards will see activity ranging from crews hand-picking grapes to general managers operating forklifts and processing machines. And everything in between.

Slowly, silently, effortlessly. The autonomous grape cart does not necessarily attract much attention as it drives through the rows at Parminder Brar’s 900-acre family farm in Kern Country, Ca. But it ...

Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs and severe labor shortages, making it difficult to manage and harvest a vineyard while maintaining profitability. Growers are ...