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Markus Kochems, a wine grower from the Moselle Valley region in Germany, has been selling his produce at the Belfast market since its inception.

At the northern end of the state, Shelburne Vineyards in Shelburne, Vermont, lost about 50% of its grape crop, which is potentially a half-million dollar revenue loss, according to head wine grower and vineyard manager Ethan Joseph.

From September, they hopes to start receiving visitors again, though wine grower Elmar Sermann blames local authorities for dithering over rebuilding the area.

Union leaders accused Republicans of working to ensure that the requirements are lifted in Virginia by yanking two board members likely to support keeping them: Milagro Rodriguez, the board chair and a designated employee representative, and Fernando Franco, a wine grower in Barboursville who was recently appointed by Northam to also represent employees.

But back-to-back cold vintages in 2010 and 2011 had the storied wine grower wondering whether he needed to take portions of his family’s Yakima Valley vineyard in a different direction.