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2011 vintage report for Pericoota (New South Wales)
Supplied by Michael Gray, president, Pericoota Wine Region Growing season: The 2010-11 growing season was challenging. High summer rainfall meant growers were faced with very high disease pressure for downy mildew and, later in the season, botrytis. Mild temperatures meant ripening was slow, which in many cases saw an excellent expression of varietal flavours as […]
2011 vintage report for Peel (Western Australia)
Supplied by Bernie Worthington, president, Peel Wine Association Growing season: The Peel region, as with most of south west Western Australia, experienced the hottest summer on record with the lowest summer rainfall recorded. This followed one of the driest winters ever recorded. This resulted in a shortened vintage with little or no disease impact. Budburst […]
2011 vintage report for Orange (New South Wales)
Supplied by Charlotte Gundry and David Cumming, Orange Wine Region Growing season: The 2011 vintage was a rather challenging one compared with previous vintages, especially compared with the idyllic 2009 and 2010 vintages. Heavy rain during October to December, combined with low light levels and moderate temperatures, raised disease pressure in the vineyards. Most of […]
2011 vintage report for New England (New South Wales)
Supplied by Deanne Eaton, Deetswood Wines, Tenterfield Growing season: A difficult year right across the New England region. Some growers who had previously been unaffected by frost occurence found themselves with frost damage in mid-October. Early spring rainfall and strong winds impacted on flowering and fruitset and heavy January rain resulted in some vineyards being […]
2011 vintage report for Murray Valley (Victoria)
Supplied by Mark McKenzie, chief executive, Murray Valley Winegrowers Growing season: Vintage 2011 proved the most difficult vintage in the Murray Valley in living memory even more difficult than the memorably wet 1973-74 vintage season. The 2011 vintage was characterised by cool conditions, heavy rainfall, and rampant fungal disease infections that saw losses of […]
2011 vintage report for Mount Gambier (South Australia)
Supplied by Terry Strickland, president, Mount Gambier Regional Winegrowers Association Growing season: The Mount Gambier wine region experienced what the most optimistic vigneron described as interesting and challenging. A great start to the season with excellent winter rainfall and budburst soon deteriorated with a significant frost event on 25 October which caused heavy damage to […]
2011 vintage report for Mount Barker (Western Australia)
Supplied by Kim Tyrer, operations manager/owner, Galafrey Wines; president, Mount Barker Wine Producers Association Inc. Growing season: Its been such a weird year with all the disasters in the eastern states. All the states vineyard stocks of sulfur, copper and fungicides were shipped east, so in the west we were left short. With January characterised […]
2011 vintage report for McLaren Vale (South Australia)
Supplied by Jodie Pain, viticulture coordinator, McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism Association Growing season: A wet and cool season resulted in disease pressures impacting to different degrees across the region. Management of powdery mildew was critical, and there was some early powdery mildew pressure on blocks that did not have the required frequency of […]
2011 vintage report for Margaret River (Western Australia)
Supplied by Nick Power, chief executive, Margaret River Wine Industry Associatio. Growing season: The 2011 vintage weather period was initially cool and dry through late winter and early spring, progressing to a warm and dry summer pattern with rainfall recorded mid-November and minor rain events in early December. Overall, this vintage was warmer and drier […]
2011 vintage report for Langhorne Creek (South Australia)
Supplied by Lian Jaensch, executive officer, Langhorne Creek Grape and Wine Inc. Growing season: The 2011 vintage – a roller coaster of highs and lows – will be remembered as one of the most climatically challenging ever experienced in Langhorne Creek. The welcome highs for the season emerged from the above average rainfall in winter […]
2011 vintage report for Hunter Valley (New South Wales)
Supplied by Liz Riley Growing season: The 2010-11 season commenced as per normal in the Hunter with a late August start for the early varieties, such as Chardonnay, followed by Verdelho, Semillon and Shiraz. The growing season was one of the most challenging in living memory with both the volume and frequency of rain during […]
2011 vintage report for Henty (Victoria)
Supplied by Peter Dixon, secretary, Henty Wine Region Association Growing season: Growers reported a challenging season with late flowering, high summer rainfall and cooler summer and autumn conditions. Bigger canopies and wetter conditions resulted in higher disease pressure with growers undertaking summer trimming, bunch thinning and leaf plucking to keep canopies open. Combined with comprehensive […]
2011 vintage report for Granite Belt (Queensland)
Supplied by Jim Barnes, Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. Growing season: The growing season in the Granite Belt was characterised by persistent rainfall, lower-than-normal temperatures, some difficulty with flowering/fruitset in some white varieties, a high incidence of powdery and downy mildew in some vineyards and an inability to access vineyards to apply sprays at […]
2011 vintage report for Grampians (Victoria)
Supplied by Damien Sheehan, Kym Ludvigsen and Andrea Hart, Grampians Winemakers Growing season: The growing season was a challenging one with consistent rainfall and humidity from budburst onwards, with a peak rainfall event of approximately 200mm over three days in mid January. Coupled with mild temperatures and calm, cloudy days, vineyards battled powdery and downy […]
2011 vintage report for Goulburn Valley (Victoria)
Supplied by John Beresford, president, Goulburn Valley Wine Association Growing season: As with many regions across south-east Australia, the Goulburn Valley experienced one of the wettest growing seasons in recent memory. This, combined with periods of high relative humidity, allowed for vigorous growth facilitating the onset of mildew diseases at either end of the season. […]
2011 vintage report for Geographe (Western Australia)
Supplied by Jim Campbell-Clause, AHA Viticulture Growing season: The season began with a dry winter, with rainfall 40% down on average resulting in 90% less runoff and many water storage dams at less than full capacity. This was followed by a dry spring with warm maximums and minimums, culminating in early budburst. The resultant early […]
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