Veraison has been proceeding at a relatively rapid, uniform pace across California’s growing areas in the past four weeks, so that the crop is likely to come in earlier than previously expected: The picking schedule looks to be approximately in line with 2021’s. Above-average temperatures are...

Conditions in California’s growing areas were largely normal through June into early July – perhaps slightly on the erratic side, with degree-day accumulation highly variable between areas and some humidity and/or shatter in evidence. It goes without saying that water supplies are a concern across...

The Beginning 1982 was a remarkable year: Michael Jackson released the album Thriller, Steven Spielberg's blockbuster E.T. was shown in the cinemas, the first Commodore 64 was launched – and Anton Paar founded its first sales subsidiary in Great Britain. From the early 1970s, Anton Paar products...