Ep 13 - Immigrant Labor Shortages and the Wine We Love




Working Sunday show

Summary: By the end of this show, you will never look at the wine shelves in your supermarket the same way again. Big brands own most of the labels on those shelves (yes even those fancy ones) ... and our guest is a second-generation farmer of the grapes that go into them. We discuss recent labor shortages. Most people are aware that immigrants from south of the border provide most of the field work. But many people are not aware just how rapidly this issue is changing. But our story begins with a kid growing up in a family owned supermarket, forty years ago in a little town just south of Sacramento in California’s Central valley...