A successful harvest in orchard and vineyard crops begins with a viable spring bloom and fruit set. Given the importance of this stage of crop development, spring frosts during bloom and early fruit ...

The fifth-generation grower said the frost had destroyed at least 80 per cent of his vineyard. "It freezes the moisture in the shoots and then it's just like a blowtorch coming along and burning ...

UK viticulturalists are being asked to sign up to and use a UK frost forecasting and management research tool which helps capture data from across the country by grape variety. The project is backed ...