Back to BusinessThis Is UncomfortableI've Always Wondered ...Econ Extra Credit with David BrancaccioMake Me Smart Daily

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Stories Tagged as

California wine

Smoke damage to grapes is the latest blow to California wine industry

by Sam Harnett
Oct 6, 2020
A glut of grapes on the market, the pandemic and fires that damaged or destroyed wineries. Now, grapes tainted by smoke may be unusable.
“It was difficult this year, and it’s going to be even harder next year,” says Enrique Lopez, who employs up to 100 people to harvest grapes.
Beth LaBerge/KQED
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

How Charles Shaw wine became Two Buck Chuck

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 18, 2017
It wasn't always cheap, and it wasn't always sold by Trader Joe's.
Wikimedia Commons
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Napa Valley insists: It's in California, not Texas

by Annie Baxter
Sep 9, 2016
A loophole allows out-of-state winemakers to use the prestigious name if the grapes were imported.
A loophole in federal regulations allows a winemaker to label its bottles "Napa Valley” as long as the grapes came from Napa and the wine is sold only within the winemaker’s state. 
Jacqueline Romano/Getty Images for SOBEWFF
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE