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<br/>Andrew Nixon/CapRadioWhen smoke from severe fires settles over a vineyard, the grapes draw it in. When those grapes are turned into wine, it creates a flavor that is, at best, a little smoky and at worst, tastes like an ashtray. -
Kevin Cruff/Photo courtesy of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates.Ste. Michelle Wine Estates will buy half the grapes it contracted for this fall, which could have ripple effects throughout the region.
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Winemakers may soon be able to raise a toast, even after a growing season marked by wildfire smoke. -
In 2020 Western wildfires gave the grapes grown for wine in the region an ashy and smokey taste. This year, Washington is expecting a record harvest, but vintners are still figuring out the best way to deal with the impact of smoke.
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Marissa Ross is now the wine editor at Bon Appetit. Which might surprise a few people, Marissa included. Because admits she has no qualifications for…
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The U.S. wine industry faces some headwinds, observers say. Rob McMillan is one of the observers; he is an executive at Silicon Valley Bank and the…
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Few people would identify any field as "man's work" today, but imbalances in genders persist. The situation has been noticed in the ever-expanding field…
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Journalists often have to walk a line between covering a subject and getting immersed in it. Bianca Bosker chose immersion with the wine industry. She…
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Two crops common to Southern Oregon, wine grapes and hemp, were the focus of a conference call with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and reporters on Thursday.…
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It's only in the last few decades that a lot of the region's agriculture has shifted from fruit orchards to grape vineyards. But the region's experience…
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One of the greatest expenses of making wine is the cost of people. Much of the work in maintaining wine grapes, is the cost of doing the work by hand.…
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The biggest change in Oregon agriculture in the last ten years involves the explosion in the growth of the wine and cannabis industries. Both of those--at…
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Start an argument with a winemaker; bring up the term "smoke taint." It refers to the effect on wine grapes of being exposed to wildfire smoke for…
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Humans have been drinking wine for a very long time. And we've generally figured out which grapes grow best in certain climates. Trouble is, the climates…
