Afternoon Brief: How Can the Wine Industry Tackle ‘Systemic’ Problems of the Labour Exploitation?

Afternoon Brief: How Can the Wine Industry Tackle ‘Systemic’ Problems of the Labour Exploitation?

How Can the Wine Industry Tackle ‘Systemic’ Problems of the Labour Exploitation?: The wine industry needs to not only do more to improve labour standards across the supply chain – but also to start a conversation that acknowledges there are problems that needs to be addressed, a panel of experts at a recent Wine Society roundtable agreed...

From crush to crisis? Consumption habits, falling prices shake wine industry

While the Golden State produces about 80% of the nation’s wine and is the world’s fourth-largest wine producing region, the agricultural, economic and social activities have led to a drop in demand for the alcoholic beverage. Those shifts in the market have also led to vintners buying less wine grapes—including in the Central Valley. According to the Grape Crush 2024 report released in March by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, …