By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
TURNER, Ore. (AP) â The heat wave that recently hit the Pacific Northwest subjected the regionâs vineyards to record-breaking temperatures nine months after the fields that produce world-class wine were blanketed by wildfire smoke.
But when temperatures began climbing close to 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 Celsius) in late June, the grapes in Oregon and Washington state were still young, as small as BB s, many still shaded by leaf canopies that had not been trimmed back yet.
The good news for grape growers, wineries and wine lovers is the historic heat wave came during a narrow window when the fruit suffered little, if any, damage. Earlier or later in the growing season, it could have been disastrous.
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