California wine

Elin Miler with the Oregon Wine Council talks about pending legislation that could have a big impact on the industry statewide. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Wildfires have ravaged California wine country, with more threats yet to come.  Crews are fighting 17 wildfires that destroyed at least 1,500 homes.  As of Tuesday, flames had burned more than 73,000 acres in Northern California, nearly all of those in Sonoma and Napa counties, the heartland of the state’s wine industry.  There are more than 100...

California wine shipments to the U.S. reached an estimated retail value of $34.1 billion in 2016, up 4.6%, according to the Wine Institute.  The state shipped an all-time high of 238 million cases in the U.S. in 2016, up 2% from the previous year.  ...