A waxiness on grapes can protect them from the fungus Samo Pauer / Alamy Stock Photo
A combination of AI and photography is helping wine makers keep their grapes free of disease.
听颈蝉听a fungus鈥攁lso known as grey rot鈥攚hich has听spores that pierce and infect wine grapes, causing them to shrivel and sweeten. It can add complexity and longevity to sweet wines, like Sauternes; in these cases it is known as 鈥淣oble Rot鈥.
But it is a problem for producers of dry reds, for example, causing widespread losses of harvest in many wine regions鈥攑articularly the…
