A custom winery makes no wine of its own. Instead it provides all the equipment for others to crush grapes, ferment the juice and age and bottle the results. “It gives smaller growers an option ...

But to guests of Eric Weinstein's annual wine crush in Northwest Washington, they are a familiar and welcoming sight. Inside Weinstein's tiny one-car garage, 2,000 pounds of grapes are waiting to ...

It’s my first day of volunteering at Betz in Woodinville, and I don’t want to screw up. I’m here for the crush, the magical time of year when grapes arrive to be stemmed, crushed and fermented. I’ve ...

Headed to the tanks: For both red and white grapes, they’re gathered in bins and brought to the crush pad. That’s where they’re sorted and then crushed. The stems are either removed or kept ...

But there are still winemakers in parts of Europe, and even in California, that crush grapes the old-fashioned way. Read more ...

While only slightly more grapes were crushed this year than last, the average price for those grapes went up more than 11 percent, according to the annual report prepared by the California ...

Red wines get their color when the juice from crushed grapes is allowed to macerate on the grape-skins. White wines are typically made by crushing the grapes and then immediately removing the skins.

Millions of vines are being destroyed in Australia and tens of millions more must be pulled up to rein in overproduction that has crushed grape prices and threatens the livelihoods of growers ...