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Candy Hearts grapes are delicious, but do they have seeds inside them? We have all the answers you need before your next ...
Vitis vinifera and muscadines: Grape breeders seek the best of both grapes $7M USDA-NIFA-SCRI grant supports effort to improve grape disease resistance, quality ...
In this latest Caprock Chronicle, Madison White, Hospitality Director and Sommelier for McPherson Cellars, looks at Doc ...
The grapes in Texas vineyards are showing that 2025 will be another outstanding year for Texas grapes.
Muscadines may be the folksy American of the grape world, but they have many qualities like disease resistance and unique flavors that are desired in the more popular Vitis vinifera (bunch grapes ...
Most grapes native to North America fall under Vitis labrusca. These grapes, including the well-known Concord grape, are marked by their "slip skins," thicker skins that slip off the pulp with ease.
The University of Arkansas, in collaboration with Texas A&M University, recently released Southern Sensation Seedless, a ...
What Is Grape Seed Extract? The seeds used to make grape seed extract come from Vitis vinifera, the wild grape from which most wine grapes originate. This species is native to the Mediterranean ...
When an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, new animals and plants competed to survive on a changing planet. Grapes were the unlikely winners 60 million years ago.
Grape leaves, sap and fruit have been used medicinally since the time of the Greek empire. Preparations from different parts of the plant have been used historically to treat a variety of conditions, ...
Likewise, Vitis vinifera -- the species that most people eat as table grapes and drink in wine -- has many characteristics desirable for muscadines, like thinner skin, a crispier texture and ...