11. One night we were attacked by killer grape vines, caused by a fierce New Jersey hybrid that made the merlot taste like tequila. 12. One often asked question is how many bottles of wine can you get from one grape vine? 13. Shafer, whose top-ranked Shafer Vineyards practice sustainable agriculture, had recently planted a cover crop of clover between the rows of grape vines. 14. Seldom have two opposing sides agreed so readily that the war they waged was as foolish as looking for olives on a grape vine. 15. Survey grape vines that have overtaken lines tied overhead. 16. The dark trunks and branches of the grape vines are etched like a skeleton under shocks of turning leaves. 17. The mine and those miners are long gone, but the manganese remains in the soil, extracted these days almost exclusively by grape vines. 18. The phylloxera louse has been attacking grape vine roots in California in recent years and has been eating into crop yields. 19. The road runs between acres and acres of orderly grape vines. 20. They have imported computerized irrigation systems, stainless steel vats, French and American oak barrels, and grape vines. |