Sonoma
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Oct 6, 2026
Davie PiñaGUEST
That's what I thought was really unique to Napa.
Davie PiñaGUEST
Sonoma caught up with us or is close to
Andy DemskyHOST
us.
Davie PiñaGUEST
But anywhere you go in the world, you look at vineyards and you're like, We had the money to spend, and we did.
Andrew PutnamHOST
And honestly, we have it here too.
Andrew PutnamHOST
If anyone here has ever gone to Napa or Sonoma, it's filled with wine from Napa and Sonoma.
Andrew PutnamHOST
The restaurants are filled with wine from Napa and Sonoma, right? It's harder to find international wines in the heart of those wine regions.
Andrew PutnamHOST
Yeah, absolutely.
Andrew PutnamHOST
And there's a culture around it.
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Andrew PutnamHOST
So the kind of relief that South Australia needs is huge.
Andrew PutnamHOST
Not the kind of relief that I think would be expected here for a region like Napa.
Andrew PutnamHOST
I think if you go over to Sonoma, you have a larger degree of independently owned operators in Sonoma.
Ray IsleGUEST
Out in the Bay Area.
Ray IsleGUEST
And that put me close to wineries, put me close to Napa and Sonoma.
Ray IsleGUEST
Started going to wineries to, you know, just to taste as you do.
Ray IsleGUEST
And then I found out from someone at K&L Wines actually out there that that there were a couple of small wineries that would hire you to do bottlings.
Ray IsleGUEST
I, you know, I, I'm, I'm out.
Ray IsleGUEST
Uh, I'm, I'm going to be involved in wine as a career.
Ray IsleGUEST
Um, And I probably would have stayed out in Napa and Sonoma, but I met my now wife who was in New York and had a very good job in New York and saw very little reason to be with – saw very little reason to leave her job and move to California to be with unemployed maybe wine guy, which – is is admittedly a very hard sell and so i moved to new york and i got a job selling port i was the supplier rep for
Jon FrutkinHOST
thousand grams
SteveHOST
A lot of people think it's like some-- just a regular plant, but technically it's a fruit, so it's technically an agave orchard.
SteveHOST
Um, the orchards are managed, all the, all the, you know, ground cover that's growing in between the agave, the horses are managing that like you would have goats here in Napa Valley or Sonoma.
SteveHOST
Um, so the horses go really well with agave.
SteveHOST
They can lower your fertilizer costs because they're going through the fields fertilizing as they're eating.
JakobHOST
Wine consumption was nothing but up.
JakobHOST
In California, as the industry expanded, you saw a lot of development in Napa and Sonoma.
JakobHOST
Softened a little bit right after 2007, but then it picked up again around the Great Recession when everyone thought that the world was ending.
JakobHOST
People became a little bit more alcoholics.
JakobHOST
So as one of my friends had said too when I was just on vacation with some of my friends and I brought two bottles of wine, of which none of us finished the bottles of wine because none of them even drink wine.
JakobHOST
My friend said, when it comes to just drinking in general, why would I go to a bar and spend $40 when I can play video games with my friends all night and have fun? Demand for the product is really what you have to look at, and it's going to be the driver of the winery's profitability.
JakobHOST
If you look at wine, again, I'm going to focus on Napa and Sonoma.
JakobHOST
The boom from 1960 to 2020, it was a huge growth for productions of wineries.
Joe GettyHOST
I have no idea, but it's a factor for sure.
Joe GettyHOST
I just want to tell the good folks in Napa Valley, Sonoma, Paso Robles, Amador County, all over California's wine regions, by God, we did our best last night to support y'all.
Joe GettyHOST
We struck a blow, okay?
Jack ArmstrongHOST
Fantastic.
Gary SackHOST
In other words, doing minimal labor, water, and pest control to keep the vineyards viable until supply comes back into balance with demand.
Gary SackHOST
Christopher Chin is a UC Cooperative Extension Viticulture Advisor for Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties.
Gary SackHOST
He's working with some of these farmers.
Gary SackHOST
He's with us today.
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Gary SackHOST
He says wet conditions in April delayed plantings until late in the month, which may have contributed to increased insect pressure.
Gary SackHOST
Looking ahead, Lyons is also exploring a long term project, growing truffles.
Gary SackHOST
Moving west to Sonoma County, farmer Dominic Caranale says his organic dairy is having a good year with warm weather keeping his cows healthy and milk production on target.
Gary SackHOST
Caranale says organic milk prices have remained strong for about six months with demand continuing to be high.
AdamHOST
And we got an opportunity to visit them a couple years ago.
JoeHOST
And over here, we have the Lancaster, and this is the Alexander Valley, Sonoma County Cab,
AdamHOST
Lancaster Estate.
AdamHOST
And that was our opening gift from her, and it's signed, and it's so sweet.
JoeHOST
So we always start with grapes, so we're going to get these grapes.
JoeHOST
Which way do we go?
AdamHOST
I think we go Sonoma, then...
AdamHOST
I think we go Lancaster, then Marist.