Vintage 2008: Weather, lower yields put squeeze on wine grape

Vintage 2008: Weather, lower yields put squeeze on wine grape growers (San Francisco Chronicle)
California’s wine grape harvest this year – which is under way – was hard-hit by winter frosts and spring and summer heat waves. Some vineyards, according to vintner associations, are seeing up to a 30 percent reduction in crops from last year. Nick Frey,…