Vitis vinifera and muscadines: Grape breeders seek the best of both grapes $7M USDA-NIFA-SCRI grant supports effort to improve grape disease resistance, quality Grant and Award Announcement ...

“Vitis” is the genus of the plant kingdom that includes grapevines. There are as many as 60 different species of Vitis, the most famous of which is Vitis vinifera, which hails from Europe and includes ...

These grapes, known collectively as vitis vinifera, have withstood the test of time and grow everywhere from Europe and Asia to California and New Zealand.

When Nicholas Longworth, heralded by many as the “ father of the American wine industry, ” began growing grapes in Ohio in the early 1800s, he worked for decades to grow Vitis vinifera, to no ...

Grape seed extract is also sold as tinctures, capsules, and as an ingredient in topical creams. There is strong scientific evidence that Endotelon© (procyanidolic oligomers, which are found in grape ...

Likewise, Vitis vinifera -- the species that most people eat as table grapes and drink in wine -- has many characteristics desirable for muscadines, like thinner skin, a crispier texture and ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Raisins (Vitis vinifera L.) are dried grapes that are rich in nutrients like antioxidants and fiber. They may have benefits for digestive, heart, and bone ...

The United States ferments 700 million gallons of wine each year, most of it from the sugary mash of Vitis vinifera, a grape species imported from the Old World.