We are all familiar with the expression, “The buck stops here,” which was popularized by President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. It refers to the notion that the President must make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. Although not completely apropos to the winegrowing industry, the condition and performance of grapevine nursery stock is always up for discussion when problems occur in recently pl...