<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/43b34a7a-5eb3-43a2-9de0-453a5801df11/97F477F0-7870-479D-BCB0-041369489ABB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory09n.htm" href="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory09n.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nenews.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory09n.htm"><P>WINE grape harvesting throughout the region is almost complete, with high quality and quantity yields being reported by most vignerons.</p> <P>The end of the harvest will come as a relief to growers in the King Valley, after many had their 2007 harvest decimated by frost and smoke taint.</p> <P>President of the King Valley Vignerons, David Maples, said most growers were reporting above average yields.</p> <P>"<B>After last year’s events, it is a relief to have got a good crop in from the perspective of both growers and wineries,</B>" he said.</p> <P>"<B>At this point, 95 per cent of the crops are in.</B></p> <P><B>"<B>The quality looks exceptional, with really good fruit colors.</B>"</B></p> <P><B>The 2008 harvest is also shaping up well at Brown Brothers Milawa, with the winery set to record its highest ever yield.</B></p> <P><B>Senior winemaker, Joel Tilbrook, said Brown Brothers was on track to crush 20,000 tons of grapes this year.</B></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/97F477F0-7870-479D-BCB0-041369489ABB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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