PITTSBURGH -- We have had a pretty crummy summer in Western Pennsylvania this year. If the intense heat wasn’t unbearable enough, we also our fair share of drenching thunderstorms and nearly 30 tornadoes. Yet it’s still hard to believe fall is almost here.

With the change of season, our bounty of local tomatoes, sweet corn and cantaloupe ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Ponzi schemer got a six-year prison sentence Thursday for his boozy bamboozle to trick investors into thinking they were giving loans to wine collectors who were putting up their rare bottles as collateral.

The wine didn’t exist, but the hangover was real — Stephen Burton’s scheme siphoned more than $83 million from 141 ...Read more

A California wine cap maker is laying off more than 60 employees at a Modesto facility.

The company, G3 Enterprises, said the challenges faced by the broader wine industry — declining consumer demand, inflation, rising expenses and increased competition — prompted the cuts.

"Like many companies in our industry, we have experienced changes ...Read more

There’s no sugar coating it: I’m a sucker for copycat recipes. Sometimes it’s the thrill of the chase, other times it’s frugalness. But it’s always great fun.

The concept isn’t new — just page through any Minnesota church cookbook worth its salt to find recipes for Nut Goodie Bars, a riff on our own Pearson’s candy bar. Now, ...Read more

Just two years ago, Monarch Tractor was worth half a billion dollars and ready to shake up the wine industry. In April, it shut its headquarters, laid off its employees and sold its technology to a competitor.

The wine-country startup wanted to revolutionize the cultivation of grapes and other fruit with $100,000 robotractors, but the ...Read more