Lost water of the Napa Valley vineyards

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 06:21 in Earth & Climate

Getting the most out of every drop of water is a high priority for grape growers in the southern Napa Valley, where summers are hot and dry and vines have to be irrigated to make it through the growing season. But Stanford researchers have found that a significant portion of the water applied to the vines zips right by the plants, hardly even pausing...

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