Mexican winery dreams

The California wine industry was built on the backbreaking labor of a largely Mexican seasonal work force. But the rise of the fine-wine business created a growing demand for year-round workers with special skills in Napa and other regions. Many former migrant workers settled down in wine country. They sent their children to school and taught them how to tend the vines. Some saved money and bought land, and soon began growing their own grapes.

Article from NYTimes, "Pickers to vintners: A Mexican-American saga" makes interesting reading about how what started as seasonal Mexican labor has developed into the workers becoming wine makers themselves.