Deep green wine bottles whir along in a neat row. They twist and twirl through the mechanical line as if they were practicing a perfectly timed dance. Their audience: safety-goggled college students.
Hybrid grapes are becoming more common in winemaking, but what are they? Hybridization is the process of creating a new grape variety by combining two other varieties, usually through the grafting of ...
The world of wine is jam-packed with nuanced classifications, quixotic descriptors, and complex distinctions that aim to package nearly every step of the wine-making process into simple terms for the ...
As grape growers and winemakers in the Grand Valley and North Fork Valley tackle what is expected to be the biggest harvest since 2011, a recent morning found pickers studiously moving up and down the ...
After two years of fires, the California winery Donkey & Goat has learned to pivot, combining appellations and even vintages to turn despair into deliciousness. By Eric Asimov BERKELEY, Calif. — If ...
While citizens filled the Colosseum for gladiator duels, ancient Roman aristocrats took trips to a lavish facility to celebrate a very different theatrical spectacle: winemaking. The Roman elite ...