If you serve our Wine of the Week, Four Vines 2010 "The Sophisticate" Sonoma County Zinfandel ($25) to, say, your brother-in-law from Bakersfield, you might want to turn the label away from him. I can ...

Few gardeners pay much attention to vines. Unlike space-challenged Europeans, we lawn-endowed central Pennsylvanians generally have sufficient space to plant out instead of having to go up. Or as ...

Had a reader earlier in the week ask how many wineries in the region had vines older than 20 years. The thought is that the older vines tend to produce better and more complex wine. According to the ...

So many of the vines that we enjoy in our gardens might not be so appealing if we knew how they behave in the wild. Many of their characteristics that are often practical in garden situations are ...

Clematis, the long-lived perennial vine that climbs and twists with glorious star-shaped blooms in colors from deep violet and burgundy-red, to lavender-purple and pale pink, deserves its reputation ...

Harvesting grapes from a pear tree last summer reminded me why it is so important to control the grapevines this year. Without proper confinement to the fence below, the grapevines climbed into and ...

Color the year 2010 red, as in red grapes and wine. Eight of the 11 red wines in the 2013 Governor’s Cup Case were 2010 vintages. Of the 18 red wines that received gold medals, 15 came from 2010.

Vines and climbing plants are different from any other type of plant in your garden. Properly used, vines help create attractive solutions for screening undesirable views. They can also soften the ...

For perking up a bland wall or dark corner in a garden, consider planting a woody vine. There are endless combinations of vines, trees, trellises and other supports to create new interest, says Karla ...