WALLA WALLA -- When considering the process of winemaking, some minds might recall Episode 23 of "I Love Lucy," titled "Lucy's Italian Movie." While the iconic scene, featuring Lucille Ball and Teresa ...

Maybe you've peppered the wine terms "minerality" or "electricity" into a fabulous monologue at a wine-tasting party. If so, congratulations! But even more than terroir, one of the biggest defining ...

TOWN OF FRANKLIN (WLUK) -- Late summer and early fall temperatures bring grape harvesting season to Wisconsin. Wineries across the state have opportunities for the public to partake in the festivities ...

Another winemaking season is in the books for Pecan Creek Winery. To celebrate the end of the harvest, the winery is having its annual grape stomp. “Now, luckily, we do not have to get the juice from ...

Once grapes are picked from the vine, they enter a winery’s cellar. But what’s the magic behind the cellar doors that turns grapes into fine wine? With my Wine 101 column I share what I know about ...

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 ...

With warm weather here to stay, local wineries are popping the cork on summer. In the Quad-Cities, a number of local wineries and vineyards keep the shelves stocked with a variety of wines, ranging ...

Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013. You likely already know ...

Blended wines have amassed an unfair bias over the years, but instead of judging a wine for its potentially impure varietal ...

The nexus between beer and wine is a nebulous thing that can be difficult to define. Particularly in the era since the early 2010s, when the American wild ale scene really began to take off in earnest ...

Grape stomping is an old wine-making technique that feels like an ancient relic in our day and age. But have machines replaced the human foot completely?