Southern Oregon vintners are expecting some crop damage from the recent cold snap.
Southern Oregon vintners are expecting some crop damage from the recent cold snap.
Unless the single-digit temperatures persist beyond a few days, however, long-term damage will probably be minimal, vintners say.
The real danger involves new plantings and older vines that are vulnerable to splitting.
The worst cold-weather years in modern Southern Oregon viticulture were in early 1989 and late 1990.
Read more at The Mail Tribune.



