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"This was my 36th harvest in Napa Valley, and I've never had so much difficulty achieving even ripeness," Ren Harris told me at the end of February. The flowering was spread out over a full month, and veraison was also protracted. "We expected to spend $12,000 to $15,000 on crop thinning and leaf positioning to get more regular ripening, but ended up spending $40,000. And we eventually got just 52% of a normal crop." [This in a nutshell is why most wineries will not be cutting prices on '98s, even if they admit that the wines are not up to the quality of the past four vintages.] The Harrises now have 55 acres under vine and still sell about two-thirds of their grapes, except in short years like '99 and '98.

From Focus on California (May 2000) by Stephen Tanzer

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