California wineries forced to torch vineyards in latest drastic move for crippled industry
NY Post | 7/31/26 | Brian GallagherCalifornia’s wine industry has gotten so desperate that one vineyard owner torched his own vines after deciding they were worth more as ashes than grapes. …
“There’s literally no way for me to make money,” the 57-year-old Smith said.
Wine sales have reached a low point not seen in over two decades, which is largely due to American’s recent aversion to alcohol in general.
I’d drink it if it didn’t taste like wine. Just can’t stand the taste. Maybe it’s good for extinguishing wildfires.
Sorry…there is no way.
I like an occasional shot of tequila because Pino Noir has tasted like crap lately and I can’t even drink Merlot from the US – it’s so acidic – I’ve switched to Malbac and Temporillo from Argentina and Chile.
Get an endorsement from Dr. Fauci – that’ll do it…
Have they considered making it taste like bourbon instead of wine?
Make marijuana illegal again.
How much has weed cut into alcohol consumption? I’d bet it is not insignificant.
OK – that’s not going to happen, especially not in blue states. What would blue states go for? Make wine a human right – set a Minimum Wine Rate.
A Minimum *Living* Wine Rate that you can raise a family on
Yes, but if the Dims start giving away cheap free white wine along with their usual free hypodermic needles to all of their constituents then they will just get pissed off and start looting liquor stores again for the good stuff.
Bring back wine spritzers, only use real spritz this time…
Spritzers use white wine and I just got through bashing white wines…I wonder what a good Burgundy would taste like in them? It would make some pretty looking puke anyway.
I got your spritz right here
Get Snoop Dogg and Taylor Swift to endorse it.
Also, improve the damn economy. Poor people will still drink, but the inebriation/$$ quotient of wine is too low. Unless they can whip out some 80 proof red that is consumable.
Maybe Democrats could just tell their constituents to buy more wine. Or the union for lefty protestors could work it into their contracts.
I just used that word “constituents” right above this in a post and couldn’t spell it without spell check but I’ll be darned if I was going to look it up in my 40 y.o. dictionary like in the Old Days.
EFF WINE!!!!!!!11!!!
Tried that brand too once and it sucked too
There Must Be a Way To Boost Wine Sales: …
but it will take years and cost millions of livers.
I thought Nancy Pelosi drank hard liquor.
Fake news. She’s a wino because she owns a vineyard bought by her and hubby because of Insider Trading profits.
Catholics gotta step it up with communion keggers.
Recycling legislation will require 2028 rioters to DYOMCB.
More genteel, subdued and civilized soccer goal celebrations.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn said fuggitaboutit.
Easy. No need to boost sales. Open a winery with Ilhan Omar’s husband as a partner. Tax free money laundering will compensate for lack of sales in the empty warehouse. Within weeks, you can be both a multi millionaire and a pauper.
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