Season 2 Episode 14 – Wine Biz Insider: Climate Change, Insurance & Your Bottle

Can we all agree that climate change is happening? Take out the why and just look at all the natural disasters occurring at a rapid rate around the globe. Wine country is not immune to nature’s wrath.

The fact is that wine is a business. Sure, we romanticize what that business is and what it represents, but it is a money-making operation, nonetheless. Winery owners must balance caring for the land, paying a fair wage to their workers, and running a sustainable business. When fires, drought, labor shortages, politics, and a pandemic all converge at once on the winery, what happens?

Pete and VinoMike recently came across an article from the New York Times about insurance companies raising rates at wineries or, worse, canceling their policies altogether. This puts small wineries out of business or increases the cost of your bottle substantially.

While the guys walk you through this important subject, they sip on a bottle of 2018 Localism Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is actually from the cool-climate Coombsville AVA and that definitely shines through. The bottle was given to the guys by superfan Kenny Kim. Thank you Kenny for introducing them to something brand new!

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