The Winemaking Grape from the Canary Islands has Found a Home in South L.A. When we help communities plant their own vineyards, we are...

At least one Los Angeles mission 'Married ' Grapevines to Trees In nature, wild grapes often grow up the trunks of trees and hang from...

In Philadelphia, plans for a public vineyard were put on hold for the Revolutionary War. The winemaking European Vitis vinifera  grapes, and especially those from the cooler climates of Europe such as Cabernet, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, have always had a problem in the Eastern and Central United States. Because of extreme cold in the winter, humidity in the summer and a variety of pests and blights against which the vines had no natural defense, the settler colonists were constantly...