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Grape Expectations: Why vineyards aren't 'wining' about drought

September 2, 2012   // 0 Comments

(Associated Press) Most of the grapes in Glenn Warnebold's vineyard in Missouri's picturesque wine country are about two-thirds of their usual size. Others have been reduced to raisins by the drought that burned up many crops across the Midwest this summer. Yet Warnebold figures it could be a good year with the drought concentrating the fruit's flavors and sugar, which will turn to alco...

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