The return of The Wild Bunch takes place on Saturday, March 4, at The Factor Building on Southeast Madison Street, with over 50 winemakers and importers pouring approximately 400 wines.

The Wild Bunch, a wine fair held in Portland, highlights natural wine. In this 2020 photo, attendees explore the event. Dana Frank. Let grapes be grapes.

Step into the world of volcanic vineyards, where the harsh, mineral-laden soil shapes the flavors of the grapes. Farmers harvest with care, ensuring every bunch captures the essence of the land.

Seeding the grapes is a bit tedious, but worth it. The seeds are often quite large and there are two seeds per grape. The trick is to halve the grapes vertically with a paring knife, not horizontally.

Finding and harvesting wild grapes is one of the sweetest parts of early fall. Store-bought will never taste the same again.

And then of course, the beautiful wild grapes, they taste kind of tart. But I love that grape for making wild grape jelly. You can make a spicy wild grape barbecue sauce.

Notably, the Cambodian wild grape yielded an impressive bunch of 550 to 600 grapes. Employed at ZH Healthcare in Kochi, Ashal highlighted the unique characteristics of the plant, ...

Several varieties of wild grapes grow in these parts. Their viny, big-leaf foliage can all look similar, but their fruit can range in color from deep, dark purple, to blueberry blue, to maroon red.