No issues are available from 1926, yet. Surprisingly, the figures quoted in the April, 1946 edition vary somewhat from my memory. W&V quotes prices of bulk dessert wine (then the bellwether of the industry) at over a dollar a gallon. That's about $10 in today's money. I just do not recall such a fast-rising market so soon in the year.

However, the prices were jostling just about everyone. The tremendous crop of raisin grapes was hanging over everyone's head like the Sword of Damocles. Under strict price control all during the war with an order to dry for the food ...

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