**Wildfires** Threaten California’s Wine Industry: A Battle Against Smoke Taint and Economic Survival
Wildfires have wreaked havoc on the American wine industry, particularly in the renowned wine country of Northern California. Beginning in 2017, devastating wildfires such as the Tubbs, Atlas, and Nuns fires scorched hundreds of thousands of acres, resulting in tragic losses of life and destruction of wineries and vineyards in Napa and Sonoma counties. The wildfire seasons of 2017, 2018, and 2020 proved to be the most destructive in California’s history, with 2020 setting new …