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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2018 Hop acreage forecast at a record high Wineries hedge against climate change An oasis in the Coast Range By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press DALLAS — When an Ore- gon valley famed for its wine heats up under the afternoon sun, Pacific Ocean winds rush through a dip in the moun- tains, cooling the grapes in Jeff Havlin’s vineyards. The Van Duzer Corridor, the lowest point in Oregon’s Coast Range, has become a go-to place for wineries and vineyards hedging their bets against climate change. Wine- makers and vineyard owners in a 95-square-mile section of the corridor have applied to become the newest Ameri- can Viticultural Area, with the wind its predominant feature. “When the temperature drops, you need a jacket in August,” said Havlin, who on a recent afternoon was driving a utility vehicle through his vineyards. From South Africa’s drought-stricken vineyards, to France’s noble chateaus, to sunny vineyards in Aus- tralia and California, growers and winemakers say they are seeing the effects of climate change as temperatures rise, with swings in weather pat- terns becoming more severe. So they are taking action — moving to cooler zones, planting varieties that do bet- ter in the heat, and shading AP Photo/Andrew Selsky Jeff Havlin, owner of Havlin Vineyard, drives through one of his vineyards in Dallas in May. their grapes with more leaf canopy. As areas once ideal for cer- tain grapes become less via- ble, causing earlier harvests and diminished wine quality as grapes ripen faster, once-iffy sites like the Van Duzer Corri- dor are coming into their own. Northern California’s Peta- luma Gap, which like the Van Duzer Corridor sucks in ocean breezes, was designated one of America’s newest viticultural areas in December. Receiving an American Viticulture Area designation allows winemak- ers to emphasize the unique characteristics of their wine, determined by climate, geog- raphy, soil and other factors. “Even though we have those heat waves just like Napa and Sonoma, we still have the cool breeze in the after- noon and the cooler tempera- tures at night and the fog in the morning,” said Ria D’Aversa, director of ranch operations at McEvoy Ranch, a Petaluma Gap vineyard. The area’s slogan: “From wind to wine.” California winemaker Ehren Jordan said: “People would have looked at you like you had three heads if, 30 years ago, you told someone you were going to grow wine grapes there.” His Failla winery, based in the Napa Valley, recently bought 80 acres in the Van Duzer Cor- ridor and opened a winery nearby. The corridor now has a half-dozen wineries and at least 17 commercial vineyards, with more on the way. Grapevines can toler- ate heat and drought, and dry farming is traditionally prac- ticed in parts of Europe. But the past four years have been the planet’s hottest on record, and more warming is expected. Even minor weather varia- tions that occur vintage to vin- SATURDAY SUNDAY 68 51 55 Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers ALMANAC New Tillamook 56/68 Newport 54/64 Coos Bay 53/68 July 27 Burns 47/86 Lakeview 40/84 Ashland 54/88 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Earth is at aphelion (9:48 am PDT), its farthest point from the Sun of 1.02 AU in its an- nual elliptical orbit. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 3:01 a.m. 2:36 p.m. Low 1.7 ft. 1.7 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 87 86 64 78 65 83 88 78 63 66 Today Lo 52 46 49 47 57 43 55 53 54 54 W s pc pc pc sh pc pc pc pc pc Hi 85 83 66 81 66 85 89 79 64 68 Sat. Lo 49 47 49 49 54 45 57 54 51 53 W s pc s pc pc s s pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 74 92 80 82 79 68 86 80 79 90 Today Lo 53 58 58 54 55 56 57 51 56 51 W sh s pc pc pc sh s pc pc pc Hi 74 85 81 85 82 68 78 82 79 84 Sat. Lo 49 55 58 55 56 52 54 51 55 50 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W t t s t s s s s r s pc s s pc t t t t pc t pc s pc pc t Sat. Hi Lo 82 69 76 65 82 63 97 62 83 60 80 62 92 74 81 61 87 75 80 61 86 60 105 89 101 73 88 72 89 77 85 70 88 75 79 64 88 64 80 61 84 64 98 74 75 59 75 57 80 65 By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian An Astoria man allegedly led police on a 2-mile car chase Thursday. Police attempted to stop Tyler Ray Morehouse, 36, at about 10 a.m. while he was allegedly driving on U.S. Highway 101 Business south of the Old Youngs Bay Bridge. Morehouse’s driv- er’s license is suspended and he had a felony warrant out for his arrest. Morehouse, with two pas- sengers in the car, allegedly sped up. The car reached 90 mph during the 2-mile chase. Morehouse eventually pulled over near the Astoria Transfer Station. He allegedly fled on foot but was arrested shortly after. In addition to the sus- pended license and warrant, Morehouse was also charged with eluding a police offi- cer, two counts of reckless endangerment, reckless driv- ing and possession of heroin. Portland Nov. 11, 1961—June 30, 2018 Ontario 64/94 Klamath Falls 43/85 Astoria man arrested after high-speed chase David Edward Johnson Roseburg 54/85 Brookings 52/68 said. “And we have a couple of new growers in the area. They established part of their acreage last year and part this year.” Washington state is up 835 acres, or 2 percent, and Ore- gon is unchanged. Expansion of small craft breweries fueled an increase in aroma hop varieties for sev- eral years but that’s slowed as the rate of craft brewery growth has slowed and larger brewers have lost market share to other beverages. Plantings of the super high alpha varieties of Zeus and Columbus/Tomahawk have increased due to concern about a possible upcoming defi- cit of alpha for larger brew- ers globally, said Jaki Brophy, Hop Growers of America and Washington Hop Commission spokeswoman in Moxee. “It’s questionable whether a 4 percent increase in acreage for 2018 was truly needed, given continued softening in the craft sector and overall flat beer growth globally,” said Peter Mahony, vice president of supply chain and purchas- ing for John I. Haas Inc. OBITUARIES Baker 52/85 John Day 56/85 Bend 46/83 Medford 55/89 UNDER THE SKY Today Hi Lo 89 71 84 62 79 60 92 62 84 61 79 58 93 75 77 55 88 75 82 58 87 63 111 89 106 80 92 73 89 76 89 67 88 75 83 65 92 69 83 62 87 63 102 76 77 60 75 59 87 67 Prineville 48/85 Lebanon 53/81 YAKIMA, Wash. — U.S. hop acreage is forecast at a record 53,282 acres this year, up 4 percent over last year, with new acreage and plant- ings entering full production. The 2018 forecast for Washington state is 39,273 acres, which is 71 percent of total U.S. acreage, according to a report Monday from the National Agricultural Statis- tics Service. Idaho is projected at 8,217 acres, or 15 percent of the total, and Oregon is projected at 7,849 acres, or 14 per- cent. Idaho shows the largest increase in acreage, up 1,224 acres, or 17.5 percent. Mike Gooding, president of Gooding Farms north of Wilder, Idaho, and vice chair- man of the Idaho Hop Grow- ers Commission, said the state’s additional acreage this year primarily consists of hops contracted two years ago that are finally being established. “A lot of times, growers are not able to establish all acres in one season,” Gooding DUII • At 12:58 a.m. Friday, Bobby Alfred Robinson, 52, of Hammond, was arrested by Astoria police on Marine Drive and charged with driv- ing under the influence of intoxicants, reckless endanger- ment and refusing a breath test. He crashed a car into a pole at Motel 6. La Grande 53/82 Salem 55/82 Full July 19 Pendleton 58/85 The Dalles 60/88 Portland 58/81 Eugene 47/81 First July 12 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Partly sunny Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 55/68 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:09 p.m. Sunrise Saturday ........................ 5:32 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 1:15 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 1:56 p.m. High 5.9 ft. 8.1 ft. 68 55 Intervals of clouds and sun Partial sunshine SUN AND MOON Time 8:53 a.m. 9:05 p.m. 67 55 REGIONAL WEATHER Precipitation Thursday .......................................... Trace Month to date ................................... 0.01" Normal month to date ....................... 0.23" Year to date .................................... 35.66" Normal year to date ........................ 36.14" July 6 TUESDAY 68 53 Sun and some clouds Astoria through Thursday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 67°/55° Normal high/low ........................... 66°/52° Record high ............................ 93° in 1908 Record low ............................. 43° in 1932 Last MONDAY By DAN WHEAT Capital Press ON THE RECORD FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT tage can change the grapes’ sugar, acid and tannin content, affecting the wine’s taste and characteristics. Familia Torres, a major wine producer based in Spain with wineries in California and Chile, bought land 4,000 feet high in the Pyrenees foot- hills as an investment in cooler climates. Average temperatures at the company’s vineyards have risen 1.8 degrees over 40 years, with the result that harvests are now about 10 days earlier than 20 years ago, company presi- dent Miguel A. Torres said in an email. Torres called climate change a “very serious world- wide problem” for winemakers and said that, beyond chang- ing viticulture practices, they should also try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Severe drought in South Africa’s Western Cape caused a 15 percent drop in the grape harvest, officials announced in May, saying wine prices will likely go up as a consequence. A predicted long-term drying trend has serious implications for South Africa’s wine indus- try, said Wanda Augustyn of VinPro, which represents the nation’s wine producers and stakeholders. “In the longer term, pro- ducers will have to look at quality, drought-resistant vines which produce more flavor, acidity and intensity, but have lower water needs,” Augustyn said. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t s s s s s pc s sh s s s pc s t s t s pc s s pc pc pc s David Edward Johnson died on June 30, for football. After high school, David kept having fun! He 2018, of end-stage congenital heart disease, a birth defect, at the Hopewell House Hospice in traveled with the state fair, worked at the Liberty and Columbian theaters, Astoria roller rink and Portland, Oregon. Oaks Park. He also worked on a pro- Johnson was born Nov. 11, 1961, cessing ship in Alaska. His nephews in Los Angeles, California, to Edward and nieces loved when Uncle David and Janell Blackburn Johnson. would let them into the roller rink, He was preceded in death by his Oaks Park and theaters for free. parents; sisters, Sandra Hirsch and David loved to teach skating, Linda Brazer; a son, Edward Andrew loved to bowl and go camping with Johnson; and his buddy-brother-in- family. We would listen to our 70s law, Douglas Parvi. music for hours. David leaves his daughter, Keri David had the honor of being an and Dustin Jones, of Longview, Wash- ington; a son, Andrew Ortiz, of Bend, extra in the movie, “The Goonies!” David Edward Oregon; three stepchildren, Thomas, He was the stand-in for Sean Astin. Johnson Sarah and Donald Thomas and their You can see David in many scenes. mom, Donna Johnson, of Tigard, Ore- Remember the bike scene when Brand gon; and granddaughter, Adalyn Johnson of is holding onto the car and his legs go faster Longview, Washington. and faster? Those were David’s legs! David had a huge and giving heart. He was He also leaves two sisters, Laura Parvi, of Warrenton, Oregon, and Theresa and John always there when you needed him and gave you Wheeler, of Heath, Ohio; two brothers, Chris and anything and everything he had. David was only 4 feet, 11 inches on a good Shannan Jones of Astoria, Oregon, and Edward and Sharon Christiansen, of North Ridgeville, day. He stated that God only had to make him Ohio. He also had many nieces and nephews that tall before reaching perfection! His favorite saying was, “Not everyone can be as good as a who considered David the fun uncle! David graduated from Astoria High School Johnson!” A graveside service will be held July 14, in 1981. In high school, he wrestled, and he enjoyed wrestling after high school with his 2018, at Greenwood Cemetery in Astoria. A nephews. David also enjoyed singing in the high potluck reception will follow at Laura Parvi’s school choir and being the equipment manager house, 170 W. Harbor St., Warrenton, Oregon. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. MONDAY Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. 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