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Three West Coast senators introduced two pieces of legislation that aim to understand one nascent problem: the impact of wildfire smoke on wine grapes. On...
Smoke Taint's known knowns and unknown unknowns Researchers Discuss Progress During Unified Wine & Grape Symposium About 100 wildfires burned 10 million acres across the western United States in 2020, resulting in $680 million in crop losses in California and Oregon alone. Long-term impacts to the wine industry have been estimated at $3.7 billion, according to Bruce Pan, who leads the chemistry research group at E. & J. Gallo Winery, citing industry figures. “The long-term impacts from these fires are pretty staggering,” Pan said Tuesday at a forum at Unified Wine & Grape Sympos...