Traditional winemaking is both an art and a science. From harvesting grapes to fermentation, every step tells a story of patience and passion. Outdoor cooking complements the experience, making it a ...

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 ...

Robotic drones in the vineyard aren't new; they can tell the weather and they can provide all kinds of crop data. In the winery, too, such helpers as robotic bottling and palleting lines are almost ...

Having grown up at Bethel Heights, her family’s vineyard in Willamette Valley, it’s unsurprising that wine is in Mimi Casteel’s blood. After cultivating a background in forestry and ecology, a ...

In the fall of 2011, on the heels of an “epic breakup” (you know the ones), I decided to channel my inner Elizabeth Gilbert and take a dear friend’s mother up on an offer to live with her in Sonoma, ...

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.

It's a new era for winemaking. Long the domain of craftsmen and connoisseurs, scientists worldwide are utilizing new technologies and combining forces to create better vino. In fact, Washington State ...

Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay. Marquette … wait, what? For many of us more casual wine drinkers, we can easily identify the Old World grapes that for centuries have been grown throughout the world ...