A spell of unusually cool, grey, damp weather has interrupted the 2007 grape harvest in northern California but this could be no bad thing. After a steady growing season with only one short heat spike at the beginning of September, the harvest was well underway by the middle of the month.
This was interrupted on the night of Sep 19/20 when a bit of rain fell, varied amounts according to exact spot in the Napa Valley and temperatures plummeted to October levels. There was no picking yesterday Sep 20 and many growers decided to rest their picking crews until next...