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Exploring Wine Country From a Sidecar
Sidecar Tours, which offers food, wine and brewery tours in wine country, is helping to pour new life into family-owned wineries along the way.
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Exploring Wine Country From a Sidecar
Sidecar Tours, which offers food, wine and brewery tours in wine country, is helping to pour new life into family-owned wineries along the way.
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Twinkle Twinkle, Big Tractor: A Calistoga Tradition Rolls On
Farm machines get festive at this beloved wine country parade, which is marking its 25th anniversary.
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Immigrant Winemakers Chase Their Dream in Wine Country
As NBC Bay Area continues to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Joe Rosato Jr. Introduces us to an immigrant couple following their dreams through the vineyards of Napa.
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LA Locals Flock to Carhartt Family Wines
“California Live” travels to Los Olivos’ Carhartt Family Wines, known for drawing a young hip crowd from the local area and Los Angeles. Learn about their family business which features live music, great wines, and welcoming atmosphere for wine tasters of any level.
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Warming Threatens California's Wine Grape Varieties
When you think of the Bay Area and what we produce and enjoy one thing that probably comes top of mind is our world class wine! In fact, 85% of wine production comes from California. Unfortunately, if we continue to see our temperatures rising over the next several decades it could become harder to produce and even impossible where temperatures…
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Warming Threatens California's Wine Grape Varieties
When you think of the Bay Area and what we produce and enjoy one thing that probably comes top of mind is our world class wine! In fact, 85% of wine production comes from California. Unfortunately, if we continue to see our temperatures rising over the next several decades it could become harder to produce and even impossible where...
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Cheers to the Delish Delights of California Wine Month
Wineries, vineyards, tasting rooms, and other sparkling spots enjoy an especially effervescent September, each and every year.
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Napa Winemakers Using Sunscreen to Deal With Climate Change
As winemakers in the Bay Area’s famous wine region grapple with the many challenges imposed by the changing climate, at least one winery is turning to an unusual strategy for dealing with rising temperatures: sunscreen.
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Napa Winemakers Using Sunscreen to Deal With Climate Change
In the best of times, agriculture is a job where you work with what nature deals you. But with our changing climate, it’s become much more of a rollercoaster. Joe Rosato Jr. takes us to a St. Helena winery that’s turning to creative measures to try and survive.
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Napa County's Wine Grape Production Half of Previous Year's
The value of agricultural production in Napa County was only about half the previous year’s total, according to an annual crop report released at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
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How Climate Change Could Transform Bay Area Winemaking
From an agricultural perspective, the verdant, coastal hills of Point Reyes in west Marin County are generally known as cow country. Cloaked by fog much of the year, the patchwork of grassy lands yield dairies along with a smattering of small organic produce farms.
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California to Impose Statewide Rules for Winery Wastewater
California will impose statewide guidelines for how wineries dispose of wastewater, ditching a long-held regional approach.
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Wine Country Counties Sue Governor Newsom Over Outdoor Dining Closure
A coalition of dozens of restaurants and wineries in Napa and Sonoma are now suing the state over the closure of outdoor dining, saying there’s no evidence that outdoor dining has led to any increase in COVID-19 cases.
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Wine Country Counties Sue Governor Newsom Over Outdoor Dining Closure
A coalition of dozens of restaurants and wineries in Napa and Sonoma are now suing the state over the closure of outdoor dining, saying there’s no evidence that outdoor dining has led to any increase in COVID-19 cases. Thom Jensen reports.
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Admire the Merry Barrels of St. Helena
Decorated wine barrels popped up around the charming Napa Valley town as 2020 came to a close.
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Growing Glass Fire Devastates Wine Country
The Glass Fire continues to boom and tens of thousands of people in Napa County remain evacuated as the fire creeps closer to the city of Calistoga and amid the destruction — stories of heroes emerging. NBC Bay Area’s Jodi Hernandez, Lili Tan and Jeff Ranieri report.
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North Bay Wildfire Explodes to 42,500 Acres, Destroys 80 Homes
A wildfire in Northern California’s wine country continued to spread out of control Tuesday as strong winds fanned flames in the already badly scorched region, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, many of which have been destroyed by the flames. Cierra Johnson, Kari Hall and Bob Redell report.
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North Bay Wildfire Explodes to 42,500 Acres, Destroys 80 Homes
A wildfire in Northern California’s wine country continued to spread out of control Tuesday burning over 42,500 acres and destroying 80 homes.
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Wildfire Rips Through North Bay Neighborhoods, Sends Thousands Fleeing
A wildfire in Northern California’s wine country continued to spread out of control Tuesday as strong winds fanned flames in the already badly scorched region, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, many of which have been destroyed by the flames. Cierra Johnson and Bob Redell report.