Preparing for Your Backyard Harvest
Home viticulturists should begin preparing for harvest well in advance. From ongoing vineyard maintenance to ensuring equipment is cleaned and operational, now is the time to get ready for a successful harvest.
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New Online Grape Growing Workshop on July 17
Join WineMaker Magazine’s “Backyard Vines” Columnist and Pro Vineyard Manager Wes Hagen on Friday, July17 for a live, two-hour, online workshop covering strategies and tips for the late season and harvest in your home vineyard. Grow and harvest the best wine grapes in 2026 with pro advice from Wes! This workshop will also be recorded so you can watch the video playback if you can’t join us on July 17. Click the button below for more details and how to register.
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Join WineMaker in Chile and Argentina for the 2027 Southern Hemisphere Grape Harvest!
The first trip sold out so we added a second!
Our first WineMaker Magazine 2027 wine trip to Chile & Argentina sold out after just a few weeks with more demand than spaces. As a result, we’ve added a new second trip so more people can experience South America’s top wine regions. From March 10 – 18, 2027 join us during South American grape harvest-time activities to explore five wine regions in Chile (Maipo, Apalta, Colchagua, Casablanca, and Aconcagua) and three in Argentina (Maipú, Uco Valley, and Luján de Cuyo). We’ll visit everything from oceanfront to valley vineyards on either side of the Andes. You’ll have insider tours of wineries meeting the people behind the wines, walk through vineyards with breathtaking views, and even take regional cooking classes in both Chile and Argentina. All along you’ll eat outstanding local food, experience the culture, and enjoy world-class wines like Malbec in Argentina and Carménère in Chile right at the source. We’ll start in Santiago, Chile and end in Mendoza, Argentina. Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime bucket list trip for any wine lover! Salud!





