Winegrape Industry Commits $820K to Fight Pest

Winegrape industry commits $820K to fight pest

California’s winegrape industry is putting an additional $820,000 toward efforts to prevent the glassy-winged sharpshooter from spreading a potentially devastating grapevine disease into Northern California.

California wine industry commits $820K to fight spreading grapevine pest

California’s winegrape industry has committed $820,000 toward the eradication of a grapevine pest that has spread to 40 counties in the state, but the figure represents a small fraction of what might be needed to get the job done. The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) is a pest that looks like a cricket and spreads the fatal grapevine ailment known as Pierce’s disease, a bacterial infection that blocks the water-conducting systems in plants, cau…

Winegrape Industry Commits Additional Funding to Help Stop Dangerous Pest

Large-Scale, Costly Response Underway to Prevent Spread into Wine Regions  August 12, 2026 (Sacramento, CA) — To stop the glassy-winged sharpshooter from spreading a fatal grapevine disease into Northern California, [...]