GROWING GRAPES for wine at home might sound like a quixotic adventure, and maybe it is. But if you’re ready for a new gardening exploit, this one is worth your consideration. You might have difficulty ...

Propagating grapes from dormant hardwood cuttings is a realistic venture for anyone with access to grape vines. Since grapes should have 80 – 90% of their vines removed every year, you just need to ...

Maybe you’ve dabbled in making homemade wine and now are thinking about growing your own grapes. While wine grapes are by no means a plant-it-and-forget-it crop, a small backyard vineyard is possible ...

Spring will be here before you know it, and we are all looking forward to getting busy in our fields and gardens. This year you might want to consider starting a backyard vineyard or a small 1- to ...

Now that the weather is starting to feel a little more like fall and the days are getting shorter, many gardeners should start to think about pruning and other fall gardening activities. This week I ...

Grapes are a fun and healthy snack and can grow well in Iowa. Experts have recommendations about which grape varieties to grow and offer best practices for harvesting and producing. They're ...

So in one of your weaker moments you have decided to grow some grapes. I have met many people who buy the “dream” of owning a vineyard. “Honey, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to look out over our ...

On a clip of biodynamic vineyards in Grand Isle, Vermont, farmer and winemaker Krista Scruggs is crafting wine from the soil up — in an environment once believed to reject grape-growing entirely and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the people, business and politics of the wine industry. Labor of love. At first that’s how I thought it would feel ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas is home to many large businesses, including some of the largest wine producers in the country. A couple of months ago, we introduced you to one of those producers and explored ...