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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
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