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 ...

Although wines have been produced globally for millennia, the term “winemaker” is relatively new, wine expert Allen Balik writes.

If you're like most wine lovers, you've fantasized about making your own wine. At the winery inside your head, you live among picturesque vineyards and spend peaceful hours crafting marvelous wines ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tablas Creek Vineyard has announced changes to its winemaking leadership, promoting Chelsea Franchi to director of winemaking and Craig Hamm to winemaker. The Paso […] ...

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.

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 ...

Successfully maintaining a business for decades is impressive, but doing it for hundreds of years is quite the feat. Marchesi Antinori, a historic winemaking company, has stayed in business for over ...

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 ...