(Timesunion) - The miles of grape fields that once flanked the Hudson River are slowly returning, bringing with them wine and, hopefully, the millennials who can’t stop guzzling it. 

In the last decade eastern New York has quietly turned into a significant hub for grape and wine production, with grape-growing acreage increasing by 50 percent since 2007 as more farmers take advantage of the Atlantic Ocean weather fronts that are moved northward by the river.