There are thousands of different vineyards located around the U.S, with many of them being located on the West Coast in California, Washington, and Oregon.
There are something like 25,000 different farms growing grapes in the U.S. at the moment for either wine, raisins, or table grapes. California alone is seen to produce about 90 percent of all U.S. wine as it alone has over 4,000 different wineries.
And the country overall makes up about 8 percent of the world's wine production.
As legalization of cannabis has continued to spread across the U.S., a number of vineyard owners have been looking to do things a little differently.
And that means that more of them have been opting to get into the cannabis business by looking to establish weed destinations rather than your typical winery estate.
There are plans for cannabis tasting rooms and other varieties of cannabis-themed vineyard experiences. A number of vineyards are choosing to get rid of the grapes and go for cannabis, others are leasing their land to private cannabis growers.
One vineyard in Oregon is looking to provide a weed and wine experience and will be branding the cannabis with the same label that they brand their wine with.
Other owners are looking to set up cannabis-friendly B&B venues where guests will be able to attend workshops on sustainable farming and be able to get hands-on lessons about cannabis from local pot farmers in the area.
They want to ultimately build a cannabis destination location for people around the world to come and visit.
It isn't clear what percentage of the wine industry are currently looking at getting involved in the cannabis market but there is said to be a decent amount of buzz surrounding that topic at the moment.
When it comes to economic incentive, it's pretty clear. Vineyard owner Katherine Bryan says that she currently gets about $2,000 a ton for her pinot gris grapes, compared to roughly $2,000 that she would get for about 1 pound of cannabis.
And all of these changes are occurring despite the fact that cannabis still remains illegal federally, yet legalized for either recreational or medicinal purposes in a number of different states already.
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Sources:
http://wineamerica.org/policy/by-the-numbers
https://www.statista.com/statistics/259365/number-of-wineries-in-the-us-by-state/
https://business.inquirer.net/230137/wine-weed-oregon-vineyards-try-hand-pot-farming
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bay-Area-Mans-Vision-to-Convert-Winery-Estate-Into-Weed-Destination-424434713.html
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