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Kevin O'Donnell [message #117452] Mon, 23 September 2013 18:03
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 15:30:02 EST
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From: Alan R. Katz 

Kevin O'Donnell, a relativly new author, has come out with 5 books that I know
of.  I have read four of these and greatly enjoyed them.  A short review
of the four I read follows, I recommend them all.


	"LAVA", "REEFS", "CAVERNS" (3 books),  The Journeys of McGill
	Feighan  (Berkley)

		These 3 books cover the adventures of McGill Feighan,
		a Flinger (ie wineries now in Washington with ten scheduled
to be added in 1985.

     The North Coast Counties of California  fared  somewhat  better  than  the
Northwest. They had a record wet Spring, but then a very rapid  growing  season
for the rest of the Summer with temperatures well above normal. Napa County was
seeing temperatures above 100 degrees as  early  as  May.  The  heat  persisted
through most of the growing season. The grapes matured very fast and  gave  the
sparkling wine people a run for their grapes with harvesting beginning  two  to
three weeks early. All varieties matured at about the same time  making  for  a
picking labor problem. Some Zinfandel and Riesling raisined on  the  vines  and
were lost, but most made it to the crush.  Many  grapes  were  crushed  to  the
grower's accounts in hopes for a bulk market later.  Quality  is  estimated  to
"range from excellent ot somewhat disappointing." In Napa County, the crop  was
large with 90,000 tons from 26,000 acres.

     By the way, Leon Adams is predicting a red wine boom. You have  laid  away
those bargain Cabernets and Zins haven't you?

                                           Jere M. Marrs
                                           Tektronix, Inc.
                                           Beaverton, Oregon
                                           tektronix!tekgvs!jerem
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