Stealing Grapes

“The thieves picked off my ripe grapes and avoided the sour ones,” he said, still in disbelief. “They emptied 25 vine rows, each row 53 meters (yards) long.”

From this Washington Post article.
Apparently this is a spreading problem. Grapes were reported stolen in WA last year and this year, one of our local wineries had a large amount of their Syrah stolen. They may be the only ones growing it in the area.

Yikes. I'd think it'd be too hard to steal that much weight but I guess not.

Best I've ever managed was a very small bunch at both Petrus and Romanee Conti just to taste them.

They wouldn't do this to a marijuana field lest they get planted in it (forever). Maybe the grape growers will have to start posting hungry Dobermans (Dobermen?) in the vineyards.