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Larry Alan Leigon
May 09, 2021
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The Vineyard Spring

The land in the vineyards north of me has been heating up for a couple of weeks now. The sun in Napa and Sonoma is up by 6 am and it doesn’t set until after 8 pm. That means the rocks and the soil in the vineyards hold the heat longer and the air around the vines cools later than it has during the winte…

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