Piña Napa Valley

A painted lady butterfly stops to catch a quick snack on Monday, March 30, 2009 in Martinez, Calif. Millions of the small butterflies are mi...

The Piña Plucker By John Pina In the harvest of 2002 we experienced some sun-burnt fruit at our Buckeye Vineyard due to an extended period o...

Question & Answer time again – Question: What’s the difference between God & Winemakers? The Answer will be at the end of this blog....

In my last blog, I said I would explain how wind machines work to raise the temperatures in the vineyards, and also under what conditions, t...

Question: What do Harley Davidson motorcycles & vineyard wind machines have in common? Answer: They both have sub-standard mufflers for ...

We have a noisy drainpipe just outside our bedroom window. When there is a light rain or a heavy fog, it does that drip, drip, drip thing. ...

Recommended viewing: The Cork Board recently produced a short video: Vineyard mustard: just for looks or does it serve a purpose? It’s a ne...

I’ve considered myself an environmentalist for over 30 years now. I used to spend hours with the latest edition of The Mother Earth News an...

Wikipedia tells us this about the term Black sheep : Black sheep is an English language idiom which describes an odd or disreputable membe...

The Kubota Secret I have several childhood memories of growing up in the middle of vineyards. One of the images that I’ve carried with me is...