Here comes ESCA (and) in Greece
A lot of buzz has surrounded lately a not so new, grapevines' disease called "ESCA". Credible wine writers have dealt with the issue like Jancis Robinson and Andrew Jefford. Indeed, Robinson had the guts last year to write about this ''new'' in terms of dimensions disease even in Financial Times.
Α couple of months ago in a news briefing citing the view of Dr. Richard Smart, one of the leading viticultural experts, it was stated that vine trunk diseases may well eventually have a greater impact on wine production than phylloxera. Smart further argued that although ESCA is more widespread than devastating phylloxera, currently there is no way to control it, while there is for phylloxera.
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