Rob Andrews, holding what was once a Merlot vine, said they wasted no time reworking their Merlot blocks, which were hit hardest by the November 2010 freeze. By October, suckers had already been retrained up to the wire. In a normal year, trying to catch Rob Andrews in the thick of grape harvest wou­ld be near impossible. With more than 2,000 acres of grapes to pick at the diversified ­family farm, harvest is a whirl of activity. But there was an eerie quiet last fall at the Andrews family vineyards in Horse Heaven Hills.     Andrews had no Merlot to […]