An often overlooked part of the agriculture story is the grape industry. An Ohio State University publication discussing grape growing by Gary Gao tells that a mature, carefully tended grapevine can ...

For years, scientists have questioned how early societies made wine at all. The yeast used in modern winemaking is rarely ...

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 ...

Whether you're eating your grapes or drinking them, you're most likely consuming a variety of the vitis vinifera species.

Whether you eat them raw or use them in wine production, grapes are an amazing fruit. Knowing a few facts about grapes can help you impress friends at your next wine tasting or choose the best bunch ...

Where did religion and wine start? Likely with the ancient Egyptians. Then it moved on to the Greeks who made Dionysus god of the grape harvest and wine-making, to the Romans, who built upon Greek ...

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, ...

Randy Graham said he won’t be making ice wine this year. That has nothing to do with the weather or the availability of grapes in North East, Pennsylvania, aside Lake Erie, where Randy and wife Laura ...