Vineyard Labs

[Rebel Rose]

In an effort to combat the new and potentially devastating vineyard threat posed by the vine mealybug, viticulturists are turning to their labs for answers.

Golden labs, that is!

San Francisco Chronicle (May require free registration.)

[jsolomon]

"I like the fact that it's dogs. It gets away from chemicals," says Elaine Honig, creative director at Honig Vineyard & Winery, which plans to use the trained dogs if the program is successful.

Apparently dogs are now forms of pure non-baryonic energy instead of being bags of chemicals working in (vaguely) close orchestration.

The thing that I'm curious about is, do the dogs really get away from chemicals? They get away from some of the chemical traps for detecting, but grower still use pesticides to get rid of the mites, then, right?

[moosnsqrl]

In an effort to combat the new and potentially devastating vineyard threat posed by the vine mealybug, viticulturists are  turning to their labs for answers.

Golden labs, that is!

San Francisco Chronicle (May require free registration.)

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One of my favorite wine makers, Vincent Arroyo, has been using labs in his wine-making for years, starting with the late, great Joy and now her daughter (J.J.) is of legal age and lending her expert palate.

I don't know if her talents extend to mite control, though.