If a crisp Alsatian Riesling is your plonk of choice, don't read this blog. It'll make you cry. The "Washington Post" today carries a piece on what global warming is doing to the French wine industry. Radically changing the time table is the conclusion. The picture above is of the staff at the Domaine du Clos St. Landelin. The Alsatian winery'e owner talked to the reporter for the Post's story. Here are some of the key points. The vineyard's harvest in 1978 was on October 16. Twenty years later it was on September 14. This year havesting began August 24th, earliest in the family records which go back 12 generations, to 1648. The warmer seasons bring more insect pests....