It’s November when I’m writing this, and I’m still reeling from a very trying 2017 growing season, almost certainly the most difficult I can remember. I’ve done enough spouting off about the North Coast fires. We need to all learn something about smoke taint, but unfortunately, there is relatively little we could or can do about preventing it because if it’s smoky at the wrong times (especially after veraison), there is a strong risk of smoke taint in the fruit, and...