Self-driving carts in California’s farming industry show great promise. Slowly, silently, effortlessly. The autonomous grape cart does not necessarily attract much attention as it drives through the ...

Which is better — hand-picked grapes vs. those grapes harvested by a machine? Those who pick their grapes by hand proclaim ...

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 ...

A worker fell into a grape-picking machine and died in Napa County Monday, according to Cal/OSHA. The Napa County Medical Examiner's office identified the worker as Leon Marcelo Lua, a 49-year-old ...

Competition for workers from construction and cannabis firms worry local vineyard managers as the 2018 harvest gets underway. Under a cloudly marine layer, workers were out Thursday morning at ...