Good news to start the New Year for Santa Cruz County growers:

This directly from Mary Lou Nicoletti, Agricultural Commissioner for Santa Cruz County:

"Effective December 21, 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture declared the European Grapevine Moth to be eradicated from Santa Cruz County.  Our county is no longer under quarantine."

Not too much to add to this, but getting to this point was a real team effort on the part of regulators, researchers and growers. And I am quite glad that we have one less pest to deal with here for now.