It's 105 today in South Carolina, breaking a long-standing record. And it's 99 today in Illinois, also breaking a record. Some rather-northern areas are getting plus-100 temps for the next ten days. Growers around the Midwest and South are starting to expect a drought and high temps this summer. Hard to say, yet, what it will mean for grapes. Could mean an early harvest and a small crop. They are already having a much earlier budbreak and flowering than normal.
Weather west of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades is not necessarily correlative. However, we are seeing earlier flowering than last year, in Portland, and the temps (and YTD Growing Degree Days) are higher.
Wine and Your Health: Getting Real
Here are two articles on wine and our health: 1. First article : Grapes are a superfood that lower bad chloresterol. Many of their healthy ...
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