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21% rise in state’s grapes forecast

Crop springing back from ’07 freeze; U.S. expects 3% slide

Posted: August 20, 2010 at 5:28 a.m.

Angelina Ortega of Springdale picks grapes Thursday in the vineyards of Gina Marie Farms at Tontitown.

Grape production in Arkansas is expected to climb to its highest level since 2006, the year before a spring freeze nearly wiped the crop out.

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Business, Pages 25 on 08/20/2010

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