SMOKE SCREENED

摘要

THE ONGOING INTERNATIONAL COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyone's life and work, and when most people think of 2020, the pandemic will be top-of-mind. However, when many Californians, including some grape growers, think of 2020, wildfires will alsocome to mind.Since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned more than 4 million acres in California, impacting much of the state. According to Cal Fire, five of the top 20 most destructive California wildfires occurred in 2020. Some of the worst fires were incoastal wine grape-growing regions. The location, scale, and timing of the fires caused unprecedented exposure of grapes to smoke, leading to widespread concern about smoke-tainted wine.temperatures during September, when most of California's raisins are drying in vineyards.