THE GIFT OF 2011 . . . One might think that if you were to design the perfect growing season for producing Pinot noir, you'd choose normal bud break in early April; sunny days for timely bloom and a modest fruit set; a warm, relatively dry summer,
(Kelowna, BC) As the temperature continues to drop, harvest is winding down throughout British Columbia and, overall, vintners are extremely happy with the fruit quality from the 2011 vintage. In the Okanagan, most wineries are in the final stages
Austria's 2011 vintage finally has the cellars full again. The weather gave us healthy and ripe grapes for the most part - a reward for all the good work and for the challenges over the last few years. The warm Summer this year did present its own challenges
2011 Vintage in the Languedoc-Roussillon Region, an Exceptional Year! Harvest season has always been the moment of truth for the thousands of grape producers across France. Despite rather unusual weather throughout the summer, the Languedoc-Roussillon
Please find here the Issue No 19 of Mosel Fine Wines with Part I of the 2011 VintageReport. This issue covers a general introduction to the vintage and offers detailedreviews for 13 leading Estates. Vintage Report Part I PDF available here Part
Vina Cobos 2010 Harvest report--Lujan de Cuyo and Valle de Uco districts only filed by Andrea Marchiori, Luis Barraud and Paul Hobbs Winter: Early winter (late May to mid-June) started with unseasonably mild temperatures. The
Mainz, November 5th, 2009 - After a year of nearly perfect weather, wine-growers in all 13 German wine-growing regions are extremely pleased with the quality of the 2009 crop. "This year will go down in history as a truly great vintage," predicted Norbert
The winter of 2008 was wetter and longer than normal with a record rainfall of 196 mm in July and 167mm in September. This was good for getting moisture in the soil, but it delayed budbreak until late September. The bud break was even and once it got
Back in April I wrote that while we had a few weeks to go, it was fair to say that as a winemaking team, we're very happy with the quality of the 2009 vintage. Looking back, we started crushing on 30 January and this eclipsed the previous earliest start
Stunning is the word used by winemakers, wineries and growers alike to describe the 2009 grape harvest that is drawing to a close this week. There have been similar growing degree days to 2007 but with the significant difference being less rainfall
Much has been written already about the 2008 vintage, for different reasons including the lower yields (15 to 25% less), oïdium pressure in Spring, ...It is true that weather conditions in France were not classical, but we must bear in mind that France
Quick report from Selbach-Oster: 2008 young wines and 2007 flashback It is early February 2009 and the juice from the last 2008 grapes picked, on 30th December, is bubbling away on its way to Eiswein. Here, as with the remainder of our 2008 harvest,
2008: Yet Another Turnaround Vintage Nobody's going to believe it, and I'm not making this up, but 2008 in Bordeaux is rather a good vintage. Yet, meteorologically, 2008 looks to be the identical twin vintage of 2007: Each month's temperatures
Antinori 2007 "I believe that 2007 will be remembered as one of the most significant vintages in the last fifteen years. In my own personal experience, based on many years working with Marchesi Antinori, this is one of the three best harvests
This year's wine harvest in Austria has turned out to be a fine and fruity one. The following summary of the 2007 vintage provides some of the important highlights. The harvest was, for the most part, complete by the end of October. In fact,
Domaine de Chevalier Grand Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan Bordeaux An update to - Let's put a stop to the nonsense... one hears about the 2007 vintage in Bordeaux! Bottom line. On the 15th of September, I pointed out
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