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California's Wine Industry Is in Crisis
19 minutes Posted Dec 4, 2025 at 9:12 pm.
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The U.S. wine industry hasn’t had it this bad since Prohibition. WSJ’s Laura Cooper reports from Sonoma County, California, a major region for American wine production, on why growers are drowning in unsold grapes, shrinking demand and trade-war fallout. Jessica Mendoza hosts.

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