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ZonkerHarris

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10. as my wife and I travel around the state up and down PCH through the central coast we noticed

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2024, 01:18 PM

May 2024

that for the last 10-12 years there has been a huge growth of vineyards everywhere from Santa Barbara to Cambria.
Ten years ago that's all we saw with new hillsides being planted with fresh young grape trees and now they're all maturing and producing fruit
I was wondering if there was going to be a glut because of all this production that I can literally see from my car as I drive along the highways

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California wine is in serious trouble. For 25 years, the industry boomed. Then it started to unravel. [View all] Auggie May 2024 OP

Everybody is making wine. Everybody is making 'homemade' or 'unique' beers, the markets are downsizing too. SWBTATTReg May 2024 #1

I was drinking wine consistently throughout my late 40s/early 50s, callous taoboy May 2024 #2

I can't drink wine. I''m allergic to something in it. My breathing gets immediately compromised. 3Hotdogs May 2024 #3

Sulphur in wine, YMMV. quaint May 2024 #5

Amino acids IbogaProject May 2024 #6

My breathing too. I think it's histamines. Auggie May 2024 #7

I think cannabis plays a role as well Doc Sportello May 2024 #4

I've been thinking of edibles Auggie May 2024 #8

Just don't do a Maureen Dowd Doc Sportello May 2024 #12

Thanks Auggie May 2024 #13

You might be right - I've found that any amount of alcohol ruins my sleep and part of the next day. Probatim May 2024 #9

same ZonkerHarris May 2024 #11

as my wife and I travel around the state up and down PCH through the central coast we noticed ZonkerHarris May 2024 #10

I drove through the Santa Cruz Mountains and up the PCH today and saw some tempting wineries, but I'd never take a sip NBachers May 2024 #14

Before last October I lived in Lake County, California Mr.Bill May 2024 #15

"They" were following the money ... and I can't blame them Auggie May 2024 #16