Vintage Reports, Years: 2000

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2000 vintage report for Barossa Valley (South Australia)

The Barossa Valley has had one of the most viticulturally challenging harvests for many years, but winemakers are still reporting top quality wines. However, there will probably be fewer of them as consumers might like. ‘Several dry winters in succession, followed by a cool spring which badly affected fruitset, then long periods of very hot […]

2000 vintage report for Adelaide Plains (South Australia)

Joe Grilli, president of the Adelaide Plains Winemakers’ Association, said there was no doubt that 2000 was one of the most difficult vintages in recent memory. ‘Inclement weather at flowering last October affected fruitset more than was at first thought and led to a decrease of 15% on last year’s yield,’ he said. Weather during […]

2000 vintage report for Adelaide Hills (South Australia)

2000 was a difficult vintage, said Evan Hiscock, secretary of the Adelaide Hills Wine Region. ‘The main problem can be summarised as lower yields than desired. Other problems were specific to sub-regions and varieties.’ There was heavy rainfall in February and over the vintage period the weather was hot initially with a cold damp finish. […]

2000 vintage report for Lachlan Valley (New South Wales)

‘2000 was a very difficult season,’ said John Saleh of Lachlan Valley Grapegrowers. ‘The region usually requires only a minimal spray program but anyone attempting that approach this year had disease problems.’ Vintage started on 15 February, and was much later than normal. John said yield was down by 20-50% on last year’s crop. White […]

2000 vintage report for Pyrenees (Victoria)

Sourced from the Pyrenees region website, www.pyrenees.org.auThe region obtained formal registration for ‘Pyrenees’ as a Geographic Indication early in the year. Despite this important legal registration, we had a season with some distinctly non-Pyrenees weather. Overall, a somewhat unusual vintage — the season started early and with predictions for a very early vintage, however this […]

2000 vintage report for Alpine Valleys (Victoria)

The prolonged flowering period in the Alpine Valleys region did not result in an extended veraison period as first feared, and ripening was uniform across most varieties. Shayne Cunningham, vice-chairman of the region’s Winemakers & Grapegrowers Association, said bunch weights and berry size were normal, while crop levels were down on recent years. ‘The regional […]

2000 vintage report for Yarra Valley (Victoria)

Peter Fergusson, president of the Yarra Valley Winegrowers Association, said there would be excellent to outstanding wines from this vintage. ‘A great year for all varieties, with rich colours, fine and focused flavours and good sweet fruit,’ he said of the reds. He described the whites as good to very good. ‘Chardonnay plateaued early but […]

2000 vintage report for Wrattonbully (South Australia)

Growers encountered a difficult season in Wrattonbully and tight attention to disease monitoring and spray programs was needed to keep fruit disease-free, said Greg Koch, secretary of the region’s wine industries association. He attributed a decrease in yields of up to 20% to frosts in October 1998 and April 1999 which affected bud initiation and […]

2000 vintage report for Upper Hunter Valley (New South Wales)

Graeme Pearson, president of the Upper Hunter Winemakers Association, said early Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for sparkling wine base was picked prior to Australia Day — well ahead of previous years. Gr’me said yields were generally lower than last year. ‘In some cases the yields were down by 10 to 15% on older vines, mainly […]

2000 vintage report for Tumbarumba (New South Wales)

Vintage started at the normal time but was prolonged, according to Brian Wilkinson, president of Tumbarumba Vignerons. Yield was higher than average due to very good fruitset and increased bunch weights. This translated to a 75% increase over the 1999 yield, which was severely affected by frost in October 1998. Weather ranged from fine and […]

2000 vintage report for Tasmania

This report was prepared by Stuart Bryce, president of the Vineyards Association of Tasmania:Although Tasmania now produces more than 3,000 tonnes of fruit annually, and this is expected to double within the next five years, there is still only one geographic indicatorùTasmania. The 1999/00 season will go down in memory as one of the best […]

2000 vintage report for Swan Valley (Western Australia)

In the Swan Valley vintage started on 20 January, about normal for the region. David Atkinson, secretary of the Swan Valley and Regional Winemakers’ Association, said rain in January caused problems with disease and led to a drop in white yield of about 35% on last year. Reds were about the same as the previous […]

2000 vintage report for Southwest Coastal (Western Australia)

Severe winds and hail during budburst and flowering in the South West Coastal region caused a decrease in yields, especially in the white varieties. However, Will Nairn of the wine producers’ association said lower crops meant higher quality fruit, and reports excellent flavour and beautiful fruit in reds. Sarah Siddons, winemaker at Baldivis Estate said […]

2000 vintage report for Rutherglen (Victoria)

‘To pick or not to pick’ was the big decision this vintage in the Rutherglen region. Winemakers of Rutherglen spokesman Bernard Gehrig said extreme heat in February was followed by rain and unusually high humidity which brought botrytis problems. ‘Some fortified were picked extremely early, but most struggled to get Baume,’ Bernard said. ‘The grapes […]

2000 vintage report for Riverina (New South Wales)

What started out as a predicted bumper crop became a vintage many growers, liaison officers and winemakers would like to forget, according to Kerry DeGaris, industry development officer of the Wine Grapes Marketing Board in Griffith. ‘The early budburst in September became a distant memory as growers tried desperately to avoid botrytis and powdery infection […]

2000 vintage report for Riverland (South Australia)

Vintage started in mid January, which was early for the region. Bill Moularadellis, president of the Riverland Winemakers Association, said yields were down 10-15% per hectare on existing plantings, reflecting the increased number of growers striving to reduce yield and therefore improve quality. New plantings saw an overall increase of 5-10%. Very mild weather in […]

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