Cara Morrison’s award-winning dessert wine features a little something that might raise an eyebrow. But for vineyards, it’s ...

Hoping to avoid the gloom, the city had put up the baskets May 14. Gray mold, or botrytis cinerea, thrives in damp cool weather. “And that’s what we had for the last two weeks,” Curran said.

In terms of dandelions, the best time to control them is when they are in the puff ball or shoe fairy stage. (Shoe fairies are the name my grandson gave them years ago while walking through the yard, ...

The mold dehydrates the grapes, leaving them shriveled and raisinlike and concentrates the sugars and flavors. Wines made from these berries have a rich, complex, honeyed character and are often high ...

Also known by its scientific name, Botrytis cinerea, noble rot is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions. The mold dehydrates the grapes, ...