The down economy has had a ripple effect on the wine grape industry. Fewer restaurant meals and reduced entertaining budgets have slowed wine sales, backed up inventories, and bankrupted some wineries and distributors. All too often, growers who delivered grapes in good faith are being paid slowly, and, sometimes, not at all. While there are always risks associated with grape sales, times of late have been more uncertain than before. But there are strategies and tools available to growers to improve their chances of getting paid, said Jesse Lyon, attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine, in Portland, Oregon. Lyon is sharing […]