I called a friend in California the other evening. As soon as he picked up, I could tell that I had roused him from slumber. When I asked him what was going on, he told me that he had been asleep because they were going to start picking winegrapes that night. He told me the grapes were coming quick, but the crop wasn’t quite as heavy as last year. Fruit quality, however, was exceptional. Overall, he and his wife could have a pretty good year.