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 ...

I had a stable, six-figure job, but the pressure to always reach an ever-rising bar was suffocating. At 28, I needed a change. I sold nearly everything and moved to Austria to harvest grapes. I'm now ...

Good grapes are sublime. Mediocre grapes are the kind of food you eat out of obligation. You bought them, and it would be a waste to let them rot in the fridge, but that's it. Bad grapes are, well, ...

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 ...

Cool, dry 2025 growing season in SLO County led to extended grape ripening. Winemakers avoided major weather issues, improving fruit health and flavor. Low rainfall challenged vines, but mild ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The pace at which the big bunches of table grapes in a Fowler vineyard are harvested and boxed and then loaded up onto trucks is dizzying. The crop is headed to a packing ...

CALDWELL, Idaho — Mike Williamson and his crew waited out intermittent storms early Nov. 13, standing ready to pick grapes for ice wine. “Yesterday it was Riesling white, and today we’re going to pick ...

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 ...

Much of Virginia is under some type of weather watch or warning ahead of Tropical Storm Debby’s slow trip up the East Coast over the next 72 hours. That includes a flood watch over a majority of the ...

I woke up at 2 a.m. to slamming doors, followed by six pairs of sleepy footsteps. Even though it was summer in Burgenland, Austria, no warmth reached us during those early hours. Yet, between our ...