Warm weather awakens California vineyards

The vineyard terrain of California’s Central Coast is so expansive that a single story couldn’t contain it. Today’s update completes yesterday’s “Central Coast Vineyards Report on 2016,” which included reports from associations, growers and wineries in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties. Not surprisingly, the Santa Cruz Mountains and Livermore Valley differ in vineyard growth and weather conditions from their southern counterparts.