"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
The 2016 California winegrape harvest was early, with a mostly normal yield of exceptional quality fruit throughout the state. A relatively even growing season followed welcome winter rains that helped to alleviate the drought. “It’s been
We haven’t experienced a year of such high temperatures for a long time. The last ones were 2005 and 2003, but there is now 2015 to be reckoned with: a year destined to become legendary and an exceptional vintage in the making. Unlike in these other
A report by Andrew Spence. The rare combination of high quality grapes and above average yields in several of Australia’s premier wine regions have growers and winemakers confident the 2016 vintage will be one to remember. The vintage is in full
The 2015 year delivered California vintners and growers across the state another stellar vintage. Despite a lighter crop—compared to last year—from one of the earliest seasons on record, wildfires during harvest in some regions and a fourth
The Champagne harvest commenced on August 29, in summer weather; it just came to an end in cool and rainy weather. Beginning without any significant weather incident, 2015 was notable for the exceptionally hot and dry period from the end of May to
Yields that are quantitatively and qualitatively higher compared to last year are bringing joy to the Sicilian wineries and growers. There was some concern in early winter but the vineyards benefited from a particularly favorable climate throughout spring
The outstanding summer weather has led to a record breaking start to the grape harvest in British Columbia. For most wineries, harvest typically starts in September or even October, but this year saw most wineries starting two to three weeks ahead of
Many in Mendoza have started calling 2015 "el año Bordelés," or “the Bordelais year,” because of the cool summer, early harvest, autumn rains, and generally low alcohols and high acidities in the main red varieties.
Even though winemaking is all about predicting the unpredictable, fermenting Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon in February is a first for Clare's Jim Barry Wines. Matriarch Nancy Barry last week said, "it’s unreal. I thought I'd seen it all
Back in July, Olivier Bernard asked me if I would like to draw up a vintage report on behalf of the Union des Grands Crus, I have been producing my own little report on the harvest for many years now, but this would be different: much earlier and also
Although it is early in the year, the first predictions given by the INV (National Winemaking Institute) on a national level forecast a 26% country wide production increase, which would make the 2013 harvest close to 28 billion quintals. In the
The wine-year of 2012 was a year of contrasts. Apart from healthy grapes and great quality of wine there were also quite some setbacks and disappointments caused by bad weather, fungus and during the autumn season damages caused by wildboar and birds. Still
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