AP News: Wine experts: worst grape harvest in half century

[Joy Lindholm]

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=CZIRN9r0

[Bob Parsons Alberta]

Loire-head boss Jim Budd reports many signs of rot regards Chenin Blanc. He goes on>

http://jimsloire.blogspot.ca/2012/10/20 ... -from.html

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[Victorwine]

Thanks for posting Joy. But the most important thing is the “quality” of the grapes harvested were “high”.

Salute

[Joy Lindholm]

Thanks for posting Joy. But the most important thing is the “quality” of the grapes harvested were “high”.

Absolutely. I just hope prices don't go up too much with the shortage.

[Tim York]

Loire-head boss Jim Budd reports many signs of rot regards Chenin Blanc. He goes on>

http://jimsloire.blogspot.ca/2012/10/20 ... -from.html

http://jimsloire.blogspot.ca/2012/10/20 ... -tiny.html

Bob, that first report of Jim's seems to come from September 25. Since then the weather in Anjou and Touraine, the main Chenin and CabFranc regions, has been exceptionally wet. I guess that if he were to update this, he would now be more pessimistic about quality.

[David M. Bueker]

Prices go up regardless of quantity. Prices go up regardless of quality.

In other words: prices go up.

[John Treder]

We're having a great harvest here in Sonoma, Mendocino and Napa Counties. It's mostly in, and I'm only seeing happy faces at the places I visit.

[Oliver McCrum]

How about 'Worst Headline in Half Century.'