1.   A big grape crop was cited for the lower prices.

2.   A cool summer slowed ripening and only a warm, dry October enabled growers to harvest a respectable grape crop.

3.   A freeze in southeast France has hurt much of the grape crop.

4.   Early signs indicate a big California grape crop this year, but few are predicting a drop in wine prices.

5.   In some years, almost half of the grape crop goes into this second wine, which often seems to equal Lagrange itself.

6.   Most years, bloom in the vineyards is finished by Memorial Day, with the grape crop set for the summer.

7.   Savanier said heavy spring frosts last year cost him most of his grape crop, and now bumper fruit crops were making him sell at a loss.

8.   After a blast of winter air shot through Italy just before Easter, Sebastiano Castiglioni thought his grape crop might be doomed.

9.   Eastern grape crops also are better this year because of the dry weather.