1894-04-23
San Francisco Examiner

Overproduction of wine in California had driven prices to 7 or 8 cents per gallon; a severe drought, which reduced the anticipated production for that year, was seen as a "temporary benefit" that would reduce supply and increase prices. H. W. Crabb, Viticultural Commissioner of the Napa District, was interviewed and said that although the drought was no so severe as to make plowing in the Napa Valley impossible, the progression of phylloxera was decimating the area's productive vineyards.

Citation:
"Crisis in the Wine Trade." San Francisco Examiner (April 23, 1894): 10.