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The article examines wine and wine making in the Apalta region of the Colchagua Valley of Chile. It is noted that Chile is the only country where original European vines of grape varieties have not been grafted onto U.S. roots. The impact of the use of the grape variety Caménère, once used in the Bordeaux region of France on the making of red wines in the region is considered.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- The state's most lucrative crop, grapes, has yet another insect enemy. The California Department of Food and Agriculture quarantined 162 square miles in Napa Valley on Tuesday in an effort to stop the spread of the European grapevine moth, the newest threat to grapes and other fruit. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the controversial operation conducted by the National Institute for Agronomic Research in Colmar, France, to modify grapevines genetically in order to combat the fanleaf virus which kills the grapevines.

Reports on the threat that the insect, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, poses to California wineries. Description of the bug; The damage that it can inflict; Measures that have been suggested to prevent it from moving from southern California to northern parts of the state.