Here too, the smell is a routine complaint, and vintners say it’s affecting tourism.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/29/marijuana-farms-carpinteria-santa-barbara-california

One-time funds were important to stand up this effort, but the community — individuals, vintners and growers, businesses, philanthropy – need to come together to sustain a community relief fund for the future.

Source: https://sonomasun.com/2023/02/22/sup-gorin-winter-storms-drought-outlook-and-emergency-assistance/

The Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which sets the rules for labelling, does not require wine labels to reveal whether the grapes were exposed to smoke, or to list any of the processes or methods vintners may use to try to remove it.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wine-smoke-taint-1.6875418?cmp=rss

With small-scale operations, Japanese vintners are making wines considered idiosyncratic in New Zealand and primarily for an audience in other parts of the world, especially Japan and a few wine-obsessed nations in Europe.

Source: https://www.nzedge.com/news/bucking-new-zealands-wine-tradition/