Looking for cheaper quality wine? California winemakers are offloading premium surpluses, meaning a $150 vintner brand could sell for less than $30 under a private or exclusive label.
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People are not drinking wine the way they were. Winemakers are going bust. If Napa becomes another California town abandoned after a gold rush, then an economy based on wealth inequality and thousands of years of alcohol consumption might be over:
Napa Valley just finished one of its earliest harvests on record, picking Chardonnay back on August 2. Yields are down 30 to 50 percent, but winemakers say quality is way up. Small crop, big flavor. 🍂