Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This holiday season, that glass of wine on your table comes with a surprising backstory. Global wine consumption is down. And the reasons are far more complicated than you might expect. The industry is facing a convergence of challenges unlike anything in recent memory. In this episode of Unfold, UC Davis experts unpack what’s behind the trend, what it means for growers, and whether wine’s place on the holiday table is changing.
In this episode:
Daniel Sumner, agricultural economist with the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Ben Montpetit, microbiologist and chair of the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology
Learn more about UC Davis wine sales at Hilgard631.org
This holiday season, that glass of wine on your table comes with a surprising backstory. Global wine consumption is down. And the reasons are far more complicated than you might expect. The industry is facing a convergence of challenges unlike anything in recent memory. In this episode of Unfold, UC Davis experts unpack what’s behind the trend, what it means for growers, and whether wine’s place on the holiday table is changing.
In this episode:
Daniel Sumner, agricultural economist with the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Ben Montpetit, microbiologist and chair of the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology
Learn more about UC Davis wine sales at Hilgard631.org
