In an article I wrote for the North Bay Business Journal’s Vine Notes column, I review the issues around insurance coverage for smoke taint damage to grapes and wine. Insurers’ attempted clean lines of distinction can quickly become hazy when it comes to smoke taint. Now that we are just over two years past the 2017 wildfires in Napa and Sonoma, it is a good time to review how this issue is developing.
Read the full article: Wine ‘Smoke Taint’ Blurs Insurance Coverage Distinctions