How The War in Ukraine Could Affect the Wine Industry
Weeks of fighting have not only disrupted — and possibly set back — Ukraine’s winemaking abilities, but it also wreaked havoc across Eastern Europe’s wine supply chain as a whole. Some facilities have stopped production in order to help refugees. Others have encountered inflation and other problems involving everything from transport to bottle supply issues, as hostilities resulted in destroyed inventory and blocked Ukraine’s main port of Odesa. The country also saw empty wine bottles turned into weapons. (Tasting Room)