Water shortages force a reckoning in Calif. wine country

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John Williams uses a tough-love approach for the grapes on his Napa Valley vineyard. He never waters them. "Ninety-seven percent of the wineries in Napa use irrigation, which we think is a serious mistake for wine quality," Williams said on a hot, sunny afternoon as he walked among the rows of cabernet sauvignon at his organic winery, Frog's Leap.