THE TRUTH OF the matter is that Washington’s agricultural industry relies heavily on migrant labor to bring food to our tables and wine to our lips. It doesn’t matter whom you voted for or where you ...

Under a cloudly marine layer, workers were out the morning Aug. 30 at Martinelli Winery’s Zio Tony Ranch in Sebastopol, methodically picking pinot noir grapes to go into premium rosé wine available to ...

As the grape crop hangs heavy on the vine, picking up color and sugar as the sun’s heat ripens the fruit, vineyard managers are making plans, vintners and growers are getting restless, work crews are ...

Other than all that, grape picking is easy and fun and is an activity not to be missed. So if you ever get the chance to pick grapes, get out those new work boots, khaki shorts and the wine country ...

Last year’s grape harvest was a harrowing scramble at Mirko Cappelli’s Tuscan vineyard. With the Italian border closed because of the pandemic, the Eastern European workers he had come to rely on ...