Washington wineries set up a business to help vineyard workers with their health costs, Wine Searcher

Wine Searcher
March 2016

In American vineyards, grape pickers face heat stroke and rattlesnakes, not to mention sharp tools wielded as fast as possible. Many do so without green cards or health insurance.

A Washington state winemaker has launched a non-profit winery, Vital Wines, to help take care of those workers' cuts and snake bites. The rest of the state's wine industry is kicking in too.