After the warmest summer of my 25 vintages with Columbia Winery, there was every reason to expect an early start and swift conclusion to the harvest. The first grapes were picked on September 6th, about a week earlier than usual, and two surprising incursions
BERNKASTEL/MOSEL, GERMANY -- We have another very interesting vintage on our hands here in Germany.But 2003 is going to challenge a lot of what we've come to accept as the truth about Riesling in the modern age of winemaking. It's also going to pose a
We kicked off harvest on September 2 with Chardonnay grapes from Sagemoor Vineyard, a warm site situated on the banks of the Columbia River north of Pasco. The Chardonnay crop was light this year - 3 ½ tons per acre (two-thirds of normal) - pointing
Here's what's happening in California October 20th.... From Ken Shyvers at Estancia, Monterey & Paso Robles "We're about 70 percent through harvest and anticipate being finished around the first week of November. Pinot is completely in and it's
Excellent climatic conditions as early as February encouraged premature bud break in the South of France. Flowering took place under perfect conditions at the end of April, which led to predictions of an early harvest. As with the rest of France,
As early as February, the weather conditions in Chablis were already exceptionally dry and sunny which accelerated the vegetative cycle. As a result, the early April frosts (-8°), which normally cause little damage to the vineyards, had quite severe
(AWM, July 2003) For several weeks now, Austrian agriculture has been suffering from an acute lack of water. Despite the country-wide drought the wine industry is not expecting any significant losses in yields. "Until now, the wine year was almost perfect,"
Last winter was cold and rainy in Chile's wine country. Rainfall was almost double the normal amount as evidence by figures for the Maipo Valley where the average annual rainfall of 300 millimetres hit 600 mm in the winter of 2002 and those numbers could
Alan Hoey, chief winemaker, The Yalumba Wine Company We are within 3 weeks of finishing the vintage with only the last of the Limestone Coast, King and Ovens Valley and Eden Valley grapes to come. Recent autumn rains and cool nights in each of
BERNKASTEL/MOSEL, GERMANY Courtesy Kirk Wille, Clarity Communications, Inc. Once again, as they often do, the fickle weather patterns in our unpredictable climate toyed with our hearts and minds as the 2002 harvest approached. It had been a perfectly
MAINZ, Germany - A year-end report by the Deutscher Weinbauverband (German Grape Growers Association) confirms an above average volume of production and high quality grapes in every quality level of German wines. Preliminary figures estimate the
In the valleys of Mosel-Saar-Ruwer persistent rain throughout the 2002 vintage drove the winegrowers to distraction! There was hardly a day in which they did not have to look at the sky to anticipate the rare interludes between the showers when they could
Quality sums up the 2002 Washington state wine grape harvest, which concluded last week. Final numbers reached 109,750 tons, a nine percent increase from the 2001 - 100,000 ton crush. Winemakers state-wide attribute the quality crop to lower yields per
"The 2002 vintage has been unusual and challenging, requiring a lot of creativity from our vineyard and winemaking teams," said Genevieve Janssens, Director of Winemaking. "Tim Mondavi and I are very impressed with the resulting wines. They are
Covey Run Winery November 1, 2002 Periodically over the last several weeks, Covey Run winemaker Kerry Norton has provided updates on Harvest 2002 in Washington. This is his final report. Is it winter where you are? It sure feels like winter
We have some very exciting last-minute news about our 2002 vintage. Several days of strong warm southerly winds have allowed us to harvest (just in the past 3 days) some of our best Gewurztraminer on record. Our top vineyards in the Grand Crû
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