Wildfires threaten the wine industry

Wildfires raging in California threaten some of the state’s largest wine-producing regions, further jeopardizing a multibillion-dollar business already hit by drought.

Winery owners fear the grapes that do survive will have a smoky taste, although its too earl Wildfires raging in California threaten some of the state’s largest wine-producing regions, further jeopardizing a multibillion-dollar business already hit by drought.

Cal Fire says 585 houses were destroyed by a blaze in Lake County. The fire that started Saturday is threatening another 9,000 structures.

It says another fire burning about 120 miles to the southeast in the Gold Rush country of the Sierra Nevada foothills has decimated 135 homes.

Cal Fire says another 6,000 structures are on the path of the blaze in Amador and Calaveras Counties.