wine industry

A ballooning interest in bubbles doesn’t look like it’ll burst anytime soon.

Researchers at Oregon State University have built a device that communicates with winery pests using vibrations. The treehopper spreads devastating red blotch disease through vineyards in the Pacific Northwest, but it appears the insects can’t resist the vibrational calls that are reproduced by the “Pied Piper” robot.

Umpqua Community College has hired a new head of its on-campus winery.

Like many industries, Oregon’s wineries have taken an economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. But one owner isn’t crying sour grapes.Ed King is…