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California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

389 points · 987 comments · randycupertino

  1. ortusdux · · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wineinstitute.org&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;one-year-later&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wineinstitute.org&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;one-year-later&#x2F;

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fas.usda.gov&#x2F;data&#x2F;commodities&#x2F;wine-related-products-0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fas.usda.gov&#x2F;data&#x2F;commodities&#x2F;wine-related-produ...

    1. randycupertino · · focus · HN ↗
      - Tariffs so less international demand for US wine

      - Canadian boycots of US products due to tariff wars

      - Boomer wine buyers dying off

      - younger generations drinking less overall and being less into wine

      - everyone on GLP-1s drinking less

      1. ortusdux · · focus · HN ↗
        - Legal pot
        1. sublinear · · focus · HN ↗
          ???

          THC has never been an alternative to alcohol. There are definitely people who prefer it instead of alcohol and there are people who use both.

          I don&#x27;t know anyone who thinks they&#x27;re interchangeable unless they&#x27;re solely looking at it as a political&#x2F;functional slot to fill.

          If you force a drunk who hates pot to switch and vice-versa, they genuinely might want to murder you, but why make this a wedge issue?

          1. mc32 · · focus · HN ↗
            Before it was legalized people went down to the 7-11 to buy beer&#x2F;wine all legal, maybe a bum to steer around.

            They didn&#x27;t want to get to know scuzzy dudes selling pot or driving to areas of town where at night they have street takeovers to score some pot.

            Now those scaredy cats have legal dispensaries from which to obtain their MJ legally. So they might opt for pot these days.

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