Vintage Reports, Years: 2001
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2001 vintage report for Gold Coast
Alison Shaw, spokesperson for the Gold Coast Hinterland Wine Country, supplied the following report from this new area: The Gold Coast hinterland is a diverse wine growing region, situated a half hour from the Gold Coast and an hour from Brisbane. This is the fastest growing wine region in Queensland, and has seen substantial capital […]
2001 vintage report for Gippsland (Victoria)
Graham Scott of the Gippsland Grapegrowers & Winemakers Association provided the following report with a range of news from the subregions:South Gippsland, usually buffeted by late winds and rain, has been blessed this year. Gr’me Wilson from Windy Ridge was ecstatic about his Pinot Noir. Leaving it on after the rain resulted in extra flavours, […]
2001 vintage report for Geographe (Western Australia)
Yields were up about 10% due to a wet spring and particularly mild summer, giving good fruitset and a moderate berry size. The summer and autumn were very dry with no rain from November until May. Consequently disease pressure was minimal, with clean ripe fruit being harvested. apart from a four-day hot spell in early […]
2001 vintage report for Coonawarra (South Australia)
Preliminary Report (March):In the Coonawarra region picking started a week to 10 days earlier than usual. At the time of writing the Sauvignon Blanc harvest was finished, together with a good part of the Chardonnay. President of the Coonawarra Vignerons’ Association, Wayne Stehbens, said yields were encouragingùabove average for the first time since 1998. He […]
2001 vintage report for Clare Valley (South Australia)
Preliminary Report (March):Clare Valley Winemakers Association president Andrew Hardy said the vintage at Clare was going to be ‘magnificent.’ ‘Vineyards look terrific despite the harsh summer, which led to an earlier start to picking. Everyone here is pretty upbeat — a vintage like this is just what the state needs,’ he said.
2001 vintage report for Yarra Valley (Victoria)
Preliminary Report (March):When this report was written, up to six weeks of picking was still to come from this cool region, which has many micro climates. Beringer Blass Wine Estates winemaker Matt Steel said Sauvignon Blanc looked really good this year, displaying herbaceous, kiwifruit characters, especially from the cooler upper end of the Valley. ‘Both […]
2001 vintage report for McLaren Vale (South Australia)
Preliminary Report (March):David Dean, general manager of McLaren Vale Winemakers Inc., said with all of the whites picked and most of the reds in, everything was looking good. ‘Colour and flavour are phenomenal,’ he said. ‘Cabernet looks stunning.’ The extreme heat in January and February didn’t cause as many problems as had been feared by […]
2001 vintage report for Margaret River (Western Australia)
Preliminary Report (March):Sue Jackman, chief executive officer of the Margaret River Wine Industry Association Inc. said a near perfect ripening season has resulted in a great start to vintage with growers reporting good quality and generally good to above average crop yields. Minimal concerns have related to bird damage due to the lack of marri […]
2001 vintage report for Hunter Valley (New South Wales)
Preliminary Report (March):Vintage commenced on 15 January in the Hunter Valley, one week earlier than the previous year. Bruce Tyrrell, president of the Hunter Valley Vineyard Association, said yields were approximately the same as in 2000. ‘They would have been 15% higher than this but for the extreme heat in mid to late January,’ Bruce […]
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