Re: Sad situation, these people need out help

On 12/16/2024 8:29 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:

On 12/16/2024 6:22 PM, Ed P wrote:

I just learned about this today.  Alcohol consumption overall is down, but many wine/grape growers are getting hit hard.  Once source said in 2023 it wad down 3.5 billion bottle world wine.
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Vines are being pull out of the ground to reduce production.
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We have to help these people.  I feel a moral obligation to do my best to keep this much needed business floating.
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This cites California but Australia, France. is doing the same.
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https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/284711
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Vineyard removals have been in the news lately, with stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, Lodi News-Sentinel and Ag Alert. Grapevines are getting ripped out and crushed up into a giant wad of metal- infused wood. It's a sign of hard times for California's wine industry.
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It's also not nearly enough, says Jeff Bitter, president of Allied Grape Growers.
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Bitter said in January at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento that California growers need to rip out 50,000 acres of vines this year to bring the state back into equilibrium. Some of that is happening. But it's not going to happen in time to prevent another crop in 2024 that will be much bigger than the market needs.
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"As I said from the stage, I don't have any expectation that we're going to pull out what we should pull out," Bitter told WineBusiness. "The reaction just isn't going to be that quick. They're being torn out, but not enough. In the Central Valley, the wineries are as aggressive as anybody in removing vineyards. We've seen a lot of winery-owned vineyards that have been removed or are for sale. That's a telltale sign."

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Are wine grapes not desirable for eating?  They have to be sweet, or they couldn't produce alcohol.
 

Never tried them myself.  Thicker skins, clusters of seeds. I don't think they would have the appeal of typical seedless table grapes.