Why these Oregon winemakers are pivoting to barbecue sauce and vermouth 

Pacific Northwest winemakers are getting creative to keep their businesses afloat as wildfires increase due to climate change. 

Winemaker Bethany Kimmel had been planning to blend gamay and pinot noir from the 2020 harvest. But when the devastating Labor Day fires tore through Western Oregon, she was left with “drastically smoky” pinot noir grapes.