Sonoma County Harvest is Running Early This Year

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In this Sept. 24, 2010 photo, Benjamin Reynosa, 49, of Orange Cove, picks table grapes near Fowler, Calif. As the economy tanked over the past two years, the immigration debate has focused on whether immigrants are taking jobs Americans want. Here, amid the sweltering melon fields and vineyards of the nation's top farm state, where one of every eight people is still out of a job, the answer is no. (AP Photo/Garance Burke)

It’s already 30-percent complete: the 2017 Sonoma County Grape harvest is running a bit early this year, thanks to hot temperatures late in the season. That’s caused vintners to send their troops out early and in some cases, working overnight to avoid the heat. 50-thousand tons of grapes are expected in this year’s harvest: and it’s expected to be complete by the end of this month.