GROWERS OF CHEAPER FRUIT SQUEEZED CALIFORNIA'S WINEGRAPE INDUSTRY BUFFETED

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Growers in the San Joaquin Valley are pulling out thousands of acres, replanting with nuts.FTER YEARS OF SOLID GROWTH, the California wine-.grape industry has hit a bump inthe road, though for many growers in the San foaquin Valley, it feels'more like a jarring pothole.Jeff Bitter, vice president of operations for Allied Grape Growers, a grower-owned winegrape marketing association, delivered the sobering message to a standing-room-only audience at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium's signature "State of the Industry"session in late January.