michelle gross

So I was surprised when I received an invitation to attend Grape Camp, a 2½-day immersion into the world of all things wine in Sonoma County. Now in its 11th year, Grape Camp hosts 40 participants for a mere $3,000 per person (as a journalist, my trip was comped).
Make no mistake: This isn’t a pay-to-play experience for the well-heeled to perform manual labor picking grapes in the valley heat. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to, “shears in hand, pick grapes on an autumn morning, the sun...