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# What We're Reading --
- URL: https://bevnews.net/what-were-reading-4/
- Published: 2022-09-07T22:17:19.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-08T01:07:48.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

### [California's $45 Billion Wine Industry Faces Climate Peril](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-07/california-s-wine-industry-faces-climate-tipping-point?utm%5Fsource=AfternoonBrief&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter)

Vineyards producing California’s premier red and white wines are being hit with everything from excessive heat to drought to deep freezes as climate change bears down. (Bloomberg)

### [This Napa wine’s secret ingredient? Straw](https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/napa-winery-makes-straw-wine-17415683.php?utm%5Fsource=AfternoonBrief&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter)

Winemakers typically rush grapes straight to the winery for processing, but Seth Cripe recently brought two tons of Muscat grapes to his Calistoga home instead. There, a small team of employees and friends carefully placed the large, plump, yellow-green clusters on top of a layer of straw on the ground. Afterward, the grapes lay there for two weeks, caramelizing under the sun and turning golden-amber in color, before finally being pressed at the winery. (San Francisco Chronicle)