The practice of foot-stomping grapes to make wine is seen by many in the modern wine industry as a romantic anachronism, an I Love Lucy! parody without much contemporary relevance. But thankfully, the ...

“Grape stomping is the stick shift of the wine world,” once wrote Abby Reisner of the food and drink website Tasting Table. “Sure, a machine could easily do all the work, but that’s not nearly as fun.

WE LIVE IN A YEAR-ROUND WORLD, meaning that we often put things off, or delay activities, because we know we'll catch the event or food or adventure during another part of the year. In short? We don't ...