This year you might want to consider starting a backyard vineyard or a small 1- to 2-acre vineyard as a long-term strategy to ...

Va La Vineyards in Avondale is a small, family-owned vineyard that offers comfortable and cozy backyard wine tastings.

Atop one of the many industrial buildings in the yard lies Rooftop Reds, a 15,000-square-foot vineyard, run by founder Devin Shomaker's planter system and set against the Manhattan skyline.