Dan Abel > wrote:
>Gallo was offering US$125 a ton for Thompson Seedless grapes:
>
>http://www.avenuevine.com/movabletyp...es/001700.html

Says it was a lowball offer, too.

Then goes on to say that it takes $1500/acre in marginal
expense to grow the grapes.

I call shenanigans. Unless they've hired a PhD to massage
the grapes daily.

>Quality wine grapes were running US$1800 to US$4800:
>
>http://www.napagrowers.org/prices_06.htm

More about wine grapes:

http://www.cellarnotes.net/key_grape_varieties.html

--Blair