Viticulture - n. : the cultivation or culture of grapes Enology
- n. :a science that deals with wine and wine making The V&E
Department combines the sciences of viticulture and enology in a
single research and teaching unit that encompasses all of the
scientific disciplines that impact grape growing and winemaking.
For over one hundred years the University of California has
maintained an active and productive program in research and
education in viticulture and enology. The continuing excellence
of the Department has enabled California growers and vintners to
develop practices that have allowed the Golden State to achieve
its potential and become a premier wine-producing region. Dr.
Andy Walker; Unraveling an Olmo Mystery In 1989, Dr. Harold Olmo
gave Dr. Andy Walker a collection of grape seeds that he had
produced the previous year. Walker believed they had the
potential for resistance to both Pierces’ Disease (PD) and the
dagger nematode (Xiphinema index) that vectors fanleaf virus.
They were the offspring