Jackson Family Wines funds vital research into smoke taint
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, wildfires burn more land in western US states than eastern. It’s why JFW is funding one Washington professor’s research into smoke taint solutions.
“Companies such as Jackson Family, that are taking the lead on sustainable practices, are really helping by putting their money where their mouth is,” says Alisa Jacobson, owner/winemaker of Turning Tide Wines, Unified Symposium co-chair, and research committee chair for the West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force.
Ultimately, Jacobson considers climate change and sustainability to be cornerstone issues that ‘touch’ every part of the wine industry.
“The industry as a whole needs a lot more information pertaining to assessing smoke exposure risk in the vineyard,” Jacobson concludes. “The researchers at WSU, OSU, and UCD are working diligently on their SCRI (Specialty Crop Research Initiative) grant smoke research, and hope to have some more results out to the industry by the time the Unified trade show comes to Sacramento in January 2024.”