A San Joaquin County wine grape grower had to dump his crop after his grapes were rejected due to their low sugar levels.

Brandon Sywassink has been working all year to produce the highest quality of grapes. His only customer is one winery in Lodi.

When he took his grapes to the winery, he heard the worst news a grower could ever hear: his crop was rejected.

"We had a handful of grapes, well, I might say, handful truckloads of grapes that were rejected at the winery for low bricks," Manna Ranch General Manager Brandon Sywassink said. "Bricks mean sugar content and the contracts on them were for 24 bricks. It's a pretty high number. It's a tough number to meet."

On average, his grapes came in at 23.9 bricks. They barely missed the threshold. Because of this, he was left with no choice b

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