As we continue our journey through the Southern Hemisphere's wine regions, we pivot our focus toward Australia's vast and varied landscapes. Far from being a monolithic wine-producing giant, Australia ...
This past fall turned out to be a great season for local vineyards across the region. Thanks to months of dry weather, ...
As sunlight spilled into California's famed Napa Valley on a summer day, rows of wine grapes reflected the benefits of this winter's record rainfall. California has more than 960 square miles (2,488 ...
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (WSBT) — We've seen some extremes in our weather this year, but that hasn't stopped an above-average year for wine grapes. Fall in Michigan means the leaves change color, and the ...
Whether by hand or atop a mechanical harvester, farmers from across Frederick County are springing into action at the start of grape harvest season. “You have only one shot per year to do your job ...
For practically everyone who grows grapes, harvest day is considered the best day of the year. To winery owners, it’s a day that proves they have the knowledge and skills to produce productive grape ...
Bordeaux, France (AP) -- The landscape in the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux looks the same as ever, with healthy, ripe grapes hanging heavy off rows of green vines. But this year something is ...
KENWOOD, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, the wine grape harvest is off to a late start due to a cold, wet spring, which delayed ripening. Now, with the potential of rain returning to Northern ...
My mother, who grew up outside Boston, loved telling the story about one of her early visits "up home" to visit my father’s family in rural Whitefield, Maine. This happened in the 1940s. By then, ...
VIMIEIRO, Portugal — Under a moonlit sky and the glow of headlamps, workers gingerly pluck grape clusters while much of Portugal sleeps. They harvest in the Alentejo region, sometimes called the ...
L'Etoile du Nord Farm Winery is harvesting grapes and making wine for guests at their lakeside farm in central Minnesota. Polly Perkins grabs hold of a vine in her vineyard on Wednesday, Sept. 27, ...
TO END IN LATE NOVEMBER. A LATE SEASON AND WINE COUNTRY. THE LONGER IT’S ON THERE AND YOU ARE RISKING OTHER STUFF HAPPENING LIKE FIRES OR FROST, YOU KNOW. BUT WE ...