A $59 million, six-year battle has all but eliminated a grape-maiming invasive pest that struck the heart of Napa’s wine country. Napa County has spent $9.8 million and the wine industry $49 million ...

Napa can claim many firsts, but one of its least glamorous is being the first place in America where the vineyard-damaging European grapevine moth was discovered. There’s a flip-side to that fact: ...

A European grapevine moth has been trapped south of Healdsburg, the farthest outside the Napa Valley the invasive pest has been found, agricultural officials said Friday. Three moths also have been ...

UKIAH -- Thirteen European grapevine moths, which can destroy whole crops in certain stages of development, were found in a vineyard in north Ukiah, expanding the fight against the grape cluster pest ...

A federation of California Grape Growers is asking the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to help nip a problem in the bud: the European Grapevine Moth. “The larva gets into the fruit and starts eating,” ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The state is setting traps to learn if four species of moths that attack wine grapes have moved into Washington. Washington is the second-largest grape-growing state in the nation, ...

Wine country has had a lot to worry about this year. Now a new pest is not going to make their lives any easier. A moth that feeds on grapes was discovered in Napa County. European grapevine moth ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

APTOS — State and federal agricultural officials have declared an 87-square-mile quarantine zone in parts of Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties after catching two European grapevine moths in traps in ...