UC Davis Wine Researcher On The Hunt For Smoke Taint

DAVIS (CBS13) — A year after wildfires devastated California’s wine country, wineries are still unsure of the impact of smoke on the grapes.
Several wineries have turned to UC Davis in hopes of avoiding the pitfalls of smoke taint.
Anita Oberholster isn’t doing any ordinary wine tasting in her UC Davis cellar. She’s testing wine grapes, specifically for a cabernet sauvignon, for smoke taint.
“Growers started calling me and said they’re not going to harvest the