“Deadly California wildfires will affect vineyard grapes and mean wine will taste smoky for years to come, say experts.” 

Burak Kazaz, Steven R. Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management and the Executive Director of The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management in the Whitman School, was quoted in the Daily Mail story “Deadly California wildfires will affect vineyard grapes and mean wine will taste smoky for years to come, say experts.” Kazaz, an expert in wine markets, says the wildfires will have a lasting impact on the wine industry. “There are ways that winemakers can attempt to ‘mask’ the smoky taste, but it’s literally permeated everything from the grapes themselves to the wooden crates and barrels used to store grapes and the finished wine product,” says Kazaz.