California's wine industry is struggling with surpluses due to declining consumer demand. It is therefore proposed to grub up 20,000 hectares of vines in California.
Text: Marjolein Schuman | Image: Maarten van den Heuvel via Unsplash
With older vines aged 25 to 30 years, which give fewer bunches, removal may not be such a problem, nor are grape varieties that do better in other regions - for example, 2,800 hectares of cabernet sauvignon along the coast are on the list, including in Monterey County. But can you ask fifth- and sixth-generation grape growers, whose identity is tied to their profession, to stop? Their great-grandparents first came to California in 1850 with the gold rush and mined the area from which we now drink great wines. It is a dilemma for the united wine growers in America, and this plays out not only there, but also in Bordeaux, for example.
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