The severe frost hit on April 14 and 15 as late-night and early morning temperatures plunged into the 20s throughout the Willamette Valley.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Willamette Valley winemakers and grape growers knew a mid-April frost was bad, but many said at the time they would have to wait a few weeks for growth-inspiring warm weather to truly assess the damage.
They’re still waiting.
“The weather has been so cold,” Laurent Montalieu, CEO at NW Wine Co., said this week. “So unfortunately, we’re still not sure exactly where we stand.”
But there’s little doubt the crop, coming on the heels of two
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