Itâs been a difficult year for wine grape producers in Napa Valley, data from the Silicon Valley Bankâs annual state of the industry report confirms.
More than 55% of the reportâs Napa Valley respondents described a wine grape harvest of âbelow averageâ or âpoorâ quality, according to the report, which was released Wednesday morning. Nearly 75% of those same respondents said their crop yield â the amount of wine grapes produced and deemed acceptable for harvest â was lower than average or even their lowest ever, the report shows.
Thatâs due almost entirely to the two destructive wildfires that ravaged Napa County in 2020 â especially the Glass Fire, smoke from which purportedly leeched into much of the countyâs wine grape crop this year. The impact of that sudden drop in production because of smoke taint was cushioned by an existing oversupply in the wine and grape market, according to Rob McMillan, founder and executive v
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12 California wines that define 2020
These wines, which make up a case, are not only delicious they tell the story of what happened with wine in this tumultuous year
By Esther Mobley |
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 9:23 AM
2020 has been an earth-shattering year for the American wine world. And it would have been even without the coronavirus.
Major fires plowed through some of California’s most prestigious terroir, destroying wineries and threatening an unprecedented volume of wine grapes with the insidious malady of smoke taint. The nationwide reckoning with racial injustice forced the wine world to confront its inequities in a new, stark way and then allegations of sexual assault within the country’s most elite sommelier organization forced a similar reexamination of its deeply ingrained sexism.
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Corcoran Global Living Expands California Footprint Across Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties with Multiple Offices
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Corcoran Global Living, a franchise affiliate of Corcoran Group, LLC, welcomed several new partners in its fast-growing footprint in Southern California. This latest expansion reaches into San Bernardino county and additional communities in Los Angeles county, including the luxury coastal community of Manhattan Beach and the inland communities of Palmdale and Downey. Adding more than 400 associates into its family of real estate professionals, Corcoran Global Living continues to broaden its market share and consumer reach across the West Coast. The firm now has nearly 1,500 associates across 42 offices, with annual combined sales of more than $6 billion.