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The 37th annual event will feature more than a dozen gardening, horticulture and other experts. Registration deadline is Friday, March 15
Wild North American grapes are now less of a mystery after an international team of researchers led by the University of California, Davis, decoded and cataloged the genetic diversity of nine species of this valuable wine crop.
Some evaluators describe the wine as being similar to southern hemisphere Sauvignon blanc.
Clarion, the latest grape bred by the University of Minnesota's nurseries, packs previous grape Itasca's flavor profile but with tidier growth.
UCD Professor/Geneticist to Retire June 29 June 02, 2021 University of California, Davis (UCD) professor and geneticist Dr. Andrew Walker will retire June 29 after more than 30 years on the Department of Viticulture and Enology faculty and as a winegrape breeder. Given the long-term nature of the grape breeding process, it's not surprising that some of Walker's more significant breeding projects came to fruition later in his career--the release of five nematode resistant rootstocks in 2009, and the 2020 official release of five new winegrape varieties resistant to Pierce's Disease (PD)....