A barefoot person stomping on purple grapes in a red basin. - Halfpoint/Getty Images You may remember the concept of grape stomping, the practice of crushing grapes with one's bare feet as part of the ...
In a steady winter drizzle 30 minutes outside Bordeaux, the tiny hamlet of Pichou appears abandoned save for a rugged-looking fellow in overalls and wellies, with the long, flowing hair of a ...
“People have been making wine for thousands of years; it’s not hard to make wine,” says Jimmy Corrado, whose family has run Corrado’s Market in Clifton for over 50 years. That’s heartening to hear ...
An estimated 500,000 hobbyists in North America are making wine with purchased grapes, juice, even berries. Some even grow their own. By Eric Asimov Reporting from Geyserville, Calif., and New York.
A slip of the hand can send hundreds of dollars crashing to the floor. Fire, flood or a simple power outage can ruin a rare vintage. Even for those wines that stay safely tucked in their cellars, the ...
Butler County has some of the best amateur winemakers in the region, and they recently won a wine-making competition. “There were 59 wines entered and 17 registered participants, judges and stewards,” ...
Step into the harvest of just-frozen grapes in the vineyards of 45 North, a winery in Lake Leelanau, and explore the art and science of making ice wine. Dawn is just breaking as the temperature dips ...
Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN Key Takeaways White wine is made from pressed grapes, where the stems, seeds, and ...
When tourists visit western Massachusetts, wine may not be on their menu of must-taste local staples. Eight wineries across the region want to change that. “Think of areas like Napa, the Finger Lakes, ...