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Opinion | Just when we need a drink, the U.S. wine industry faces an existential threat

Opinion | Just when we need a drink, the U.S. wine industry faces an existential threat

The Washington Post — Ash and smoke filled the air as winemaker Whitney Fisher assessed the damage at her family's winery in Sonoma County, Calif. It was the first day of the official fire season, Oct. 1, and the surrounding hillsides and some grapevines smoldered, yet the house and winery remained.
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Napa Valley's culinary dominance has slipped

Napa Valley's culinary dominance has slipped

Napa Valley Register — The Napa Valley has long been considered one of the world's epicenters for the culinary arts. But reading between the lines of the recently released 2021 Michelin Guide and the World's 50 Best Restaurants list - two lists widely understood to measure culinary relevancy within the highly competitive world of food service - this seems no longer to be the case.
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Climate Change: 'A code red for humanity'

Climate Change: 'A code red for humanity'

Napa Valley Register — In early August the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported to the United Nations with a terrifying message: Global temperatures are now higher than at any other time in the past 125,000 years, and even if we stop adding carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere this very moment temperatures will continue to rise over at least the next three decades.
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Wine is not healthy. Period.

Wine is not healthy. Period.

Napa Valley Register — For years people and groups have been pushing to make wine out to be some sort of health elixir. It is not. What we do know is that the active ingredient in wine — alcohol — is highly addictive, can kill when consumed in excessive quantities, is associated with some cancers, is involved in 31% of all auto accidents, is a factor in many domestic abuse situations, increases risky behavior, can lead to dependency and can harm a fetus. Alcoholism wreaks havoc on millions of lives
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Beckstoffer, cult vineyards and the ascension of the Napa Valley

Beckstoffer, cult vineyards and the ascension of the Napa Valley

Napa Valley Register — Was it luck? Good timing? Visionary entrepreneurism? Merciless business practices? Whatever the reasons, Beckstoffer will go down as one of the historic names that has helped transform the Napa Valley into what it is today.
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Travel: The Wyoming fossil hunters

Travel: The Wyoming fossil hunters

Napa Valley Register — While he helped his father herd sheep as a child on their Wyoming ranch, Rick Hebdon noticed something strange peeking from the weathered edge of a stream bed. He leaned down and picked up a flat rock about the size of a paperback book.
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California Wine Industry's Increased Scrutiny

California Wine Industry's Increased Scrutiny

NorthBay Biz — What happens when you look under the hood of wine country? .... we’ll find plenty to crow about but also the soot of an industry that was largely created by white, mostly privileged men who acted as if they were a bunch of Wild West characters hell bent on creating a brand-new (at least for America) luxury industry while also becoming rich and famous along the way. What that means is that we’ll likely find plenty of exclusionary practices, shady business dealings, the fallout from hyper-competition and a lot of churn-and-burn real estate deals. We’ll find false claims ranging from the health benefits of drinking wine to the “availability” of nonexistent water. We’ll find egregious environmental activities that have put our waterways, the health of workers and entire ecosystems at risk. And like the most popular soap operas, we’ll also find outright lies, petty deceits and an abundance of hubris, arrogance, bitter divorces, and businesses built on the backs of the used and abused.
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For the Good of Wine & the Planet

For the Good of Wine & the Planet

NorthBay Biz — The proponents of regenerative-organic viticulture claim everything from improved quality and reduced farming costs to helping slow the rate of global climate change. And although few, if any, voices actively denounce such practices, plenty of farmers are still on the fence as they wait for more evidence before committing their time and resources toward yet another new approach to growing wine grapes.
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Megadrought, Wildfires and Smoke Taint

Megadrought, Wildfires and Smoke Taint

NorthBay Biz — The combination of less atmospheric moisture and hotter conditions has resulted in more wildfires. Whereas in 2010 134,462 acres burned in California, by 2020 a record-breaking 3,154,107 acres had gone up in flames. And although 2021 didn’t break the record (“only” 2,568,948 acres burned), everyone living in California has become aware of the risks of yearly out-of-control wildfires, with those in the wine industry particularly wary.
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What Will 2023 Bring?

What Will 2023 Bring?

NorthBay Biz — The world is heading into recession in 2023, and every industry will feel the impact-even the wine industry. Historically, those making and selling wine have fared well during economic uncertainty, with many claiming the wine industry to be nearly recession-proof. But this is about to change for three reasons: high inflation, economic turmoil in China and Russia's war in Ukraine.
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The Stock Market Does Not Understand the Wine Business

The Stock Market Does Not Understand the Wine Business

NorthBay Biz — In the summer of 2021 two local wine producers-Santa Rosa's Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) and Napa Valley's Duckhorn Vineyards (NAPA)-issued stock on Wall Street and went public. Initially these stocks did well. However, that initial enthusiasm faded quickly, with both companies now well down from their initial launch prices.
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Global Economy Got You Down? It's Time to Get Local

Global Economy Got You Down? It's Time to Get Local

NorthBay Biz — Back in the early days of 2022 the NorCal wine industry was sighing with relief. Beside the fact that there had been no devastating wildfires in the region in 2021 (or 2022), Americans were still flush with money from fiscal stimulus and low interest rates, and there was a general sense that things were on track toward normality.
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Grapevine Pests and Diseases are On The Uptick

Grapevine Pests and Diseases are On The Uptick

NorthBay Biz — In 2022 California wineries and vineyards-along with their allied businesses-delivered a total annual economic contribution of $73 billion to the state's economy and $170.5 billion to the U.S. economy. They also directly and indirectly generated 422,000 jobs in California and 1.1 million jobs across the nation,
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Caveat Emptor: Taking the Shine Off Agro Gold

Caveat Emptor: Taking the Shine Off Agro Gold

NorthBay Biz — Back in early 2020 a local farmer became suspicious. When she sprayed weeds with an "organic" herbicide called Agro Gold WS it performed nearly as well as the synthetic herbicide called Roundup. Hoping to get some answers, she contacted the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
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