Cold nights in North Coast hitting
vineyards hard
SANTA ROSA (AP) — Cold nights across the North Coast are
hitting vineyards throughout the region hard.
After a long string of unseasonably low nighttime
temperatures, officials estimate as much as 10 to 15 percent of Sonoma County’s
$400 million crop has been lost to frost damage.
The cold weather also is hurting
vineyards in Mendocino and Lake counties, where damage
to the crop is expected to be about 20 percent. In Napa County, a spokesman for
Napa Valley Vintners says there has been little damage because most growers
have adequate frost protection.