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 Candy Hearts grape is the result of breeding Vitis vinifera with Vitis labrusca, essentially mixing European grape plants with North American ones, for a sweeter, fruitier grape.

It’s easy to foretell what flavors Vitis vinifera grapes will produce off the vine, but hybrids can produce more wide-ranging results. The extra effort is worth it to Flynn and his team, though: Plum ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Using wild muscadine grapes, still used in Florida wine. Growing the familiar European Vitis vinifera grapes started in 1619 but the crop failed after native pests and plant disease decimated the ...

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 ...

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 ...