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How To Grow Grapes in the Home Garden

The type of grape you grow depends on your climate and your taste. Are you looking for dessert grapes? Or perhaps you want to experiment with wine making, in which case the variety you choose will ...
The New York Times

You Like Wine? Try Planting a Vineyard at Home.

People plant grapevines in their backyards to get a rural aesthetic or for the love of wine itself, or even just for the science of it all. By Alyson Krueger Craig Lemoine had a concrete slab in his ...
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Harsh terroir: Meet the Colorado winemakers growing grapes in the mountains

Carboy winemaker Tyzok Wharton, left, pours a glass of wine for Preston Weaver, in pink, at the Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade, Colo. on Sept. 16. (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News) PALISADE, ...
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Growing grapes in the desert: This award-winning wine is made in one of the world’s harshest climates

Entering the winemaking business is not for the faint of heart. Doing so with no prior experience, on the edge of a desert where temperatures hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), might be ...
The New York Times

Can Hybrid Grapes Solve the Climate Change Dilemma for Wine Makers?

It’s a fringe movement so far, but hybrids have proven they can make good wine and may be better able to withstand climate change and disease. The Pour It’s a fringe movement so far, but hybrids have ...