UC Davis Specialist Anita Oberholster Says Marijuana Odor Effect on Wine Grapes Should Be Studied
Concern that the pungent smell of marijuana grown on fields adjacent to vineyards might be absorbed and taint the wine made from them “isn’t based on total nonsense,” Obserholster say. Oberholster said the introduction of cannabis among established grape farms could possibly affect people’s livelihoods. California’s grape and wine industry is a $31.9 billion industry with 637,000 acres of wine grapes planted.