Clonal research takes YEARS AND MONEY

摘要

The right clonal choice can improve yields, reduce cluster rots, or move maturity dates. To a grower, the right wine grape clone can improve yield, advance or delay ripening, and reduce susceptibility to rots. For a winemaker, the right clone can addcomplexity to the wines. But with so many clones of a given cultivar available, how do you choose? And, with the performance of clones so dependent on the growing region, how do you choose the best for your site? In the area of clonal research, the United States lags far behind Europe. Clonal research takes big dollars and years of commitment to collect and analyze vine, fruit, and wine data. Washington State's wine industry has scant university data about which clones do best here and must draw