California Grape Harvest Hits 3 Million Tons

Dear Client:Luckily for California grape growers and wineries, the 2008 harvest is smaller than the year before which should be helpful in the current economic downturn. The California 2008 wine grape crush has totaled just over 3.05 million tons, according to the California Agricultural Statistics Service. It came as a bit of a surprise to some industry experts that expected yields to be lower, but all in all the outcome was generally expected. It is about 6% less than the