Drought may benefit wine producers in Midwest

The drought may be a plus this year for grape-growing regions of the Midwest as the dry conditions concentrate the fruit's flavors and sugars.

HERMANN, Mo. — Most of the grapes in Glenn Warnebold's vineyard in Missouri's picturesque wine country are about two-thirds of their usual size. Others have been reduced to raisins by the drought that burned up many crops across the Midwest this summer.

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