Wonderful says the nursery in Wasco, Calif., was losing money. Some question whether the company is laying off hundreds of workers to send a message to others.
I’m taking about Sonoma County specifically, and in my neighborhood there is a 4 acre vineyard that has had to let the grapes go unpicked for the last two years, since they couldn’t find a buyer and a 400 acre EJ Gallo vineyard that is no longer irrigated and the vines are dead. But the problem is state wide:
The California wine industry is in the doldrums as it faces three challenges at once: consumer spending on wine is declining, inventory is backed up in the sales pipeline and there’s a glut of grapes and bulk wine left over from the 2024 harvest. The last hazard, the oversupply of grapes, poses an immediate threat. Many growers, even in top regions like Napa, are struggling to sell their fruit. Experts estimate tens of thousands of acres of vines will need to be pulled up to fight the oversupply.
i had no idea we were overgrowing. i mean, just thinking globally national exports are expected to go way down just next quarter and next year, and with california wines as a conspicuous target for boycott, we’re still definitely overgrowing over what we can be expected to sell short term unless they decide to do longer-lived wines but like i know shit about wine as you can see.
yeah but how much of that is due to tariffs and immigration enforcement and how much of it is due to weather. last season was wet in wine country
edit: i’m a few hundred miles from kern wine country, you might be talking about a different one than napa/sonoma?
I’m taking about Sonoma County specifically, and in my neighborhood there is a 4 acre vineyard that has had to let the grapes go unpicked for the last two years, since they couldn’t find a buyer and a 400 acre EJ Gallo vineyard that is no longer irrigated and the vines are dead. But the problem is state wide:
https://www.winespectator.com/articles/too-many-grapes-in-california
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/wine-industry-uncertainty/3905912/?amp=1
https://www.winespectator.com/articles/jeff-cohn-closes-his-sonoma-winery
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/sonoma-county-wine-business-20798286.php
i had no idea we were overgrowing. i mean, just thinking globally national exports are expected to go way down just next quarter and next year, and with california wines as a conspicuous target for boycott, we’re still definitely overgrowing over what we can be expected to sell short term unless they decide to do longer-lived wines but like i know shit about wine as you can see.