Hit by repeated frosts, from last October to as late as this past week, many growers and winemakers now are thinking of the future, planning what needs to be done to have something to harvest next year.

There still will be grapes to pick and wines to bottle this fall, particularly in the east end of the valley.

That's where the steady wind, what Norm Christianson of Canyon Wind Cellars once called "the million dollar breeze" and caused him to put his winery at the mouth of the canyon, helped moderate temperatures during the worst of the cold.

Other growers weren't so fortunate, and you'll notice some interesting changes at vineyards this summer.

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