+wine is too expensive. no wonder consumption is down.
Newsome is trying to figure out how to force EV drivers to consume grape juice in their cars like ethanol in gas cars.
All the farmlands in Delaware are now becoming housing developments.
I have never seen so many wineries and vineyards in Texas.
+When has there ever NOT been a crisis in California wine country? Apart from a few large commercially wineries, owning a vineyard has always been a vanity hobby for the rich that is a financial blackhole.
Nancy will have to drink her own wine ,LOL
Just got back from ten days in Italy. A good bottle of wine goes for maybe 6 to 8 euros. The same in the US goes for 14 to 15 dollars.
“ and an increase in cheaper imports.”
I bet these same people let their TDS oppose tariffs too.
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Yeah prisoners could use the fresh air and sun shine.
i also suspect that “legal” super high grade pot [esp. in concentrated, edible forms] is now cheaply available in many places that the youngsters would rather get high on that than expensive aged wine and brown booze that can cause awful hangovers ...
I’ve gone from drinking cabernet to merlot and now shiraz.
It’s rare to get a good bottle of low-priced cabernet.
Low-priced merlot used to be reliable, but no longer.
I don’t seem to get as much tannin in the wines as I did in the past.
Maybe the wine industry has to improve and become more competitive. IME you have to pay $20 a bottle to get a good wine.
Plus you can find award-winning vineyards in various places across the country. CA isn’t the giant in charge anymore.
and an increase in cheaper imports.
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Obviously we need more tariffs!
I’m not a huge wine drinker, but never really cared for California wines overall. Preferred German Whites and Italian or Spanish reds.
I wonder just how much CA’s onerous business and ag regulations have hurt them.
No mention of that......
Turn them into raisins. Or those blocks of compressed grapes they used to sell during prohibition. Or grape juice.
Instead of whining these farmers should look for new opportunities. I know of several wineries in Minnesota that are buying grapes in California and producing their own wines here in the Midwest. Why not expand the market for their grapes to wine makers outside of California? The California leftists complain about Trumps tariffs, but those tariffs are making imported wine more expensive and are protecting American wine makers. California wine makers are also losing the young generation who are drinking spiked soda pop like seltzers. Why not better advertising for California wines as a natural alternative to these artificially flavored concoctions?