The East Coast had a large Concord crop this year. Juice grape growers in Washington State, recently weathering some of the lowest cash prices in decades, are due for some good years. Those years should be on the way, forecasts agricultural economist Trent Ball, pointing to several positive signs—strong cash prices, controlled inventories, and recent removal of juice grape acreage. The 2008 Washington juice grape harvest, despite an awkward growing season caused by weather, produced high quality fruit with high color and sugars. Ball, viticulture and enology instructor at Yakima Valley Community College, estimated that the 2008 crop would yield […]