To get the right combination of cold resistance and coveted wine flavor, Plocher and other breeders cross North America’s ...

It was named for the native grapes growing wild in the mountains. California has produced wine since the Spanish Missions, however there is a common misconception in that statement. San Diego was ...

In the local dialect, apalta means “bad soil,” – referring to the low fertility of the land, so, very little in the way of crops could grow, except wine grape vines. It wasn’t ideal as ...

As Julio Covarrubias stood at the foot of a row of grapevines in the Livermore Valley where he has spent the last ...