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Growing Wine grapes in California and beyond
Author(s) -
Schneider Caroline
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2014-47-1-1
Subject(s) - wine , growing season , viticulture , crop , grape wine , wine grape , quality (philosophy) , agronomy , environmental science , agroforestry , geography , forestry , food science , biology , philosophy , epistemology
More and more people are cultivating wine grapes, but what actually goes into growing them? It's a crop that many may be unfamiliar with, and cultivating grapes requires different practices and goals than corn or soybean. A lot of factors affect the quality of wine grapes—the soils, the climate, and how the vines are treated during the growing season.