2022 was an exceptional year at Catena Zapata from every possible qualitative standpoint. Throughout Mendoza, both in the Primera Zona (closer to Mendoza city) and the Uco Valley, the wines have optimal acidity, great concentration and ripeness of polyphenols,
The 2020-2021 harvest report was prepared by Dr Laura Catena, Chief Winemaker Alejandro Vigil, and Viticulturist Luis Reginato. During the beginning of spring, on October 5th, there was a frost which a ected mostly the early ripening varieties, the white
2020 will be remembered as a growing season of opposites, in which rain followed sun and cold followed warmth. Combined with the specific features of the regions, this called for a great deal of intuition and patience from winegrowers. And they
30th generation winemaker and president of Marchesi Frescobaldi recounts the conditions and results of 2015, 2016 and 2017 growing seasons at his Luce della Vite estate in Brunello di Montalcino. He tells us which one he will be keeping all to
Upon surveying growers and vintners across the region the Mendocino WineGrowers (MWI) is happy to announce that the 2020 vintage is showing amazing quality with smaller berries, intense flavor and great color. MWI predicts that the 2020 vintage will
While the harvest in the Rhone Valley ended a few days ago, Jacques Grange, Delas Technical Director, unveiled some of the specificities of the vinatge. When we sent out our Delas vineyard ‘flowering report’ in early May we informed you of
The summer of 2019 started with warmer than usual temperatures and then cooled off in February. Decreased snow in the winter months resulted in water shortages which led to overall yields being down 20-30%. The lack of summer rains resulted in perfectly
Following a wet year in 2016, the winter was drier than usual, raining 22% less than the 30-year average. Although January was particularly cold, budburst occurred earlier than usual on the 10th March. The warm and dry month of April set the scene for
Numerous hailstorms, some of them quite severe, extremes of heat and drought – none of these factors managed to significantly damage the 2017 vintage. The Austrian wine industry made it through the extraordinarily hot summer in good order, and the
Low yields due to moderate frosts in the Uco Valley, an early harvest, and perfect balance. Laura Catena’s favorite vintage since 1995. Prepared by Dr. Laura Catena, Chief Winemaker Alejandro Vigil and Viticulturist Luis Reginato. After Harvest
Imagine the vegetation cycle and vintage as a roller coaster ride. This is precisely the memory that Austrian winegrowers and friends of Austrian wine will retain of 2016. But all said and done, there is good to magnificent quality in white, red &
There is something special about being in a wine region at harvest. In mid-September, I visited the Douro Valley in Portugal during harvest with Dr. Jamie Goode, The Wine Anorak, and spent a lot of time chatting with port producers. The vibe
BC's annual Icewine harvest arrived just before the holidays, with the cold temperatures prompting wineries in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley to start picking grapes early for what can be expected to be a larger vintage than 2015.Icewine harvest
Ideal weather conditions at the end of harvest season put a smile back on the faces of the Loire winegrowers, who had to deal with a complex array of weather patterns throughout the year. But this vintage is set to be flavorsome and fruit-driven,
"2016 is the first vintage in more than a decade from which we will not produce any Vendange Tardive or Sélection de Grains Nobles". After three years of extremely low yields, we can at last say 2016 has been a generous vintage! Unlike most of
The people of the Bourgogne wine region like a story with a happy ending. The wines of the 2016 vintage have granted this wish, exhibiting a quality that was quite unexpected given the difficult start to the year. Climate events in the spring took a severe
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