(Wines&Vines) - The 2016 harvest in the North Coast was good—and in some cases may even have been remarkable—but demand has remained so strong since the short harvest of 2015 that the grape market remains tight. 

Speaking to a large crowd of mostly grapegrowers attending Sonoma County Winegrowers’ annual Dollars & Sense conference Thursday at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Glenn Proctor, a partner with global wine and grape broker The Ciatti Co., said attendees could be justified in playing a little hard to get this year when it came to selling their grapes. “Where do we sit today? The market is relatively tight,” he said.