Surprisingly, the job position of ‘shepherd’ is coming back into vogue. That is because more and more wineries are starting to graze sheep in their vineyards as part of sustainable, organic, and ...

A farmer’s novel idea to help deter pests from eating allotment vegetables could help kickstart a revolution in the Welsh wine industry. Wool fleeces are being put down on grapevines at one north ...

HOPLAND — Call them mutton mowers. University researchers are training sheep to clean up vineyard weeds but stay off the grapes. Enthusiastic and unpicky eaters, sheep are already being used in some ...

In addition to sipping award-winning wines, visitors to Shelburne Vineyard in nearby Shelburne, Vermont, this spring could be found taking selfies with sheep. That's because the vineyard was home to a ...

Beginning in 2023 and into 2024, 75 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon and Picpoul Blanc grapevines will be planted to a trailblazing trellis and irrigation system, allowing sheep to graze year-round. With ...

An Oregon winery discovered that one of its best conservation tools had four legs: sheep. At Van Duzer Vineyards in Dallas, using them to manage the land helped rebuild habitat for the Fender's blue ...

Sheep clear the ground cover at Baldacci Family Vineyards. For several years, a herd of 20 goats have helped lower the carbon footprint of Baldacci Family Vineyard, but this year, they were helped by ...

A California site takes the next step in regenerative viticulture, demonstrating the value of animals in the vines, even during the growing season. By Eric Asimov PAICINES, Calif. — This is a story ...

A flock of five Suffolk sheep huddled along the eastern edge of a pen in Shelburne Vineyard, too timid to approach the humans waiting for them to notice a new opening in the electric fence. Amid the ...