[farmfriend]

Ping.

[Clemenza]

Thanks! If anyone here wonders why "Two Buck Chuck" is so cheap, its because Central Valley growers needed to do something with the excess grapes.

Don't know much about the raisin industry, but Central Valley growers have for years been dependent on demand from "Jug Wine" makers (this is Carlo Rossi/Gallo Port country). In the past, these comprised the majority of wine produced in the state. Now that Americans are demanding premium wines from Napa/Sonoma/Mendocino and the coastal areas, growers in the Central Valley are in alot of trouble.