Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barefoot person stomping on purple grapes in a red basin. - Halfpoint/Getty Images You may remember the concept of grape ...

SAINT HELENA, Calif. - Believe it or not, at grape harvest time, full out crush parties are relatively new in Wine Country. But those parties may hold an important key to pulling the industry out of ...

California wineries crushed fewer grapes and paid slightly lower prices for the 2025 crop, according to the preliminary 2025 California Grape Crush Report released by the California Department of Food ...

Celso Alvarado keeps an eye on a grape harvester as he drives a tractor pulling a gondola where grapes are collected on August 24, 2017, in Clements, Calif. (Hector Amezcua/Sacramento Bee/TNS) Celso ...

California’s grape crush in 2024 dropped 25% from the previous year to 2.92 million tons, its lowest level in nearly three decades, according to a new report. Natalie Collins, president of the ...

Carmela Karcher is an Emmy award-winning journalist who joined the CBS Sacramento news team in February 2025. As a Bay Area native, she is thrilled to be close to her hometown and reporting in ...

California’s 2025 grape crush declined seven percent year-on-year, according to the state’s Department of Food and ...

With live music ringing through the air, attendees of the Crush Festival took turns waiting in line to stomp grapes into grape juice Sunday. Hosted by Les Bourgeois Vineyards, the festival gave ...

From August through October, Napa Valley's vineyards are busy with workers picking grapes at their peak ripeness. And, you can be part of the crush with grape stomping! Grgich Hills Estate is the only ...

Grapes grown in Napa County averaged $6,767.53 per ton, far higher than any other region in the state. However, that price was down 2.6% from 2024, reflecting slightly softer pricing in the wine grape ...

The Australian wine industry has been warned that the ongoing red wine glut could worsen. A recent global downturn in wine drinking, particularly reds, has leading to a global oversupply and years of ...

Patt Eagan’s vision is making others’ dreams come true. At the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, surrounded by two Virginia wine country viticultural areas where the grapes’ taste reflect the ...