Sentences with phrase «grape production»

The colours aren't as impressive as earlier in the year but the vineyards hang heavy with juicy ripe grapes ready for picking and the hills were full of grape production activity.

To find out the environmental cost of wine grape production in the two regions, researchers conducted a life cycle analysis taking into account variables including irrigation practices, cover crops, and fertilizers.

Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino combined account for only about 12 percent of California wine grape production (Napa alone for only 4 percent), although many of the state's premier wines are in those regions.

«In the case of WA, we must increase our export approximately five times in the next five years if we are to absorb the increase in grape production from the large expansion in plantings that have occurred in recent years, and for producers to remain financially viable,» Mr Horgan said.

There are three main sources of water in McLaren Vale which are important to irrigated grape production.

Among those on hand was Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, state senator Cathy Young, and assemblyman Andy Goodell, who said that Chautauqua County concord grape production involves over $ 20 million in annual sales and is ranked 1st in New York State and 13th highest in the nation.

It has several advantages including the ability to predict grape production or its degree of ripeness in order to immediately assess its quality without touching it,» say Javier Tardaguila, project manager and researcher at the University of La Rioja, and Francisco Rovira, researcher at the Agricultural Robotics Laboratory of the UPV.

Cracking the genetic code of a common disease affecting grape production could improve vineyard management and help protect the multibillion - dollar industry that includes raisins, juice, jam / jelly, fresh grapes, grape - seed extract and oil, vinegar and wine.

The region is known for its Pinot Noir grape production.

While WA's grape production in 2001 - 02 increased 3.3 per cent to 63,559 tonnes, covering more than 11,000 hectares, the data showed a drop in the number of wine grapes crushed during the year, which fell 1.4 per cent to 51,246 t.

Australia's third fastest - growing organic sector, according to The Australian Organic Market Report 2014, is wine grape production.

In 2000, Benziger became the first vineyard in the US to be certified biodynamic — a holistic method of grape production that's goes beyond organic farming.

In all grape production during the decade, California all grape acreage (bearing and non --RRB- increased from 848,000 acres in 2007 to 897,000 acres in 2016 — a 9.45 percent increase.

Australia needs to cut its grape production by about 15 per cent as much of the fruit grown will never be good enough for the premium niche the country needs, industry veteran Bruce Tyrrell says.

And so, as he was back in the business of grape production, Gary decided that it was time to use his produce marketing skills in the winegrape business.