Wildfires Amidst the Harvest

The latest entrant into the celebrity wine business is Snoop Dogg. Bill has pledged to pick up a bottle and give it a review. Stay tuned.

Jeff Siegel the Wine Curmudgeon thinks Bordeaux costs too much for the average person to buy. What do you think? Is the Bordeaux wine business in trouble?

In Washington state some winemakers are thinking of skipping the 2020 harvest; there are too many grapes and not enough demand. Anna King gives an update on grape grower and vintner concerns in the northwest.

Bill gives us a review of Regions Wine Bar in Sebastopol and the we get into a discussion about the U.S. restaurant business. Elazar Sontag writing for Eater questions whether independent restaurants can survive the pandemic without help from the government.

Lastly we give you an update on the wildfires burning throughout wine country. Unlike wildfires in the past several years that have started towards the end of harvest or after the harvest has been completed. These latest fires that were triggered by a freak series of lightening and thunderstorms have began in concert with the beginning of the grape harvest, prompting concern that some grapes may be affected by smoke taint.

Bill and I discuss these items and more in this week's addition of VinoWeek. Thanks to everyone for listening. Cheers!