Wine production is way down due to relentless invasive species: 'It's very uncomfortable and scary'

Wine production is way down due to relentless invasive species: 'It's very uncomfortable and scary'

You may want to pour yourself a glass of wine and sit down for this — spotted lanternflies are turning vineyards into battlegrounds, and some winemakers are already feeling the hit.  At one Virginia vineyard, the invasive bugs may have helped slash grape production in half this year, raising fresh alarms for an industry that depends on healthy vines and predictable harvests, according to the Guardian.  The concern is much bigger than one farm. R…