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2011 vintage report for Geelong (Victoria)
Supplied by Geelong Winegrowers Association Growing season: Like the majority of Victorian winegrowing regions, Geelong faced numerous challenges in the lead up to the 2011 vintage, the result of a comparatively wild and wet season with bouts of humidity dispersed throughout. Yields and quality: Climate influences saw both a late harvest and natural attrition in […]
2011 vintage report for Cowra (New South Wales)
Supplied by Jason ODea, president, Cowra Region Vineyard Association Inc. Growing season: Budburst was on time while flowering was wet and cool and up to two weeks late. Post flowering was cool and characterised by showers. High disease pressure, including outbreaks of downy and powdery, affected some varieties. Veraison was even and consistent. White varieties […]
2011 vintage report for Clare Valley (South Australia)
Supplied by Annies Lane Growing season: A very cool spring and early summer caused a slight delay in budbreak and early season growth; vines didnt really take off until late December and into January when temperatures finally reached average to above average. The cool and wet weather, especially in December, made conditions conducive to powery […]
2011 vintage report for Blackwood Valley (Western Australia)
Supplied by Craig Nield, president, Blackwood Valley Wine Industry Association Growing season: This season saw the combination of a dry season with one of the lowest winter rainfalls on record. Soil moisture levels were low throughout the season and a warm-to-hot summer resulted in most growth stages being earlier than average. Rainfall events close to […]
2011 vintage report for Bathurst (Victoria)
Supplied by Tony Hatch, president, Bathurst Regional Vignerons Association Growing season: While most vineyards escaped the spring frosts at budburst in an outstanding start to the season, the welcome early rains eventually became excessive, and well above average. Temperatures, on the other hand, were below average for the most part. Together with windy conditions, spray […]
2011 vintage report for Barossa Valley (South Australia)
Supplied by Elise Heyes, viticultural development officer, Barossa Grape & Wine Association Inc. Growing season: The cooler-than-average temperatures during September and October delayed the onset of budburst until late October for most parts of the Barossa Valley, and some two weeks later in Eden Valley. Moist soil profiles from spring rainfall encouraged early healthy shoot […]
2011 vintage report for Alpine Valleys (Victoria)
Supplied by Alpine Valleys Vignerons, Growing season: Initial optimism with the early September flooding rains soon turned to dismay with continued rain events and cooler temperatures throughout the growing season. Many growers in the region applied a record number of sprays with diligent growers rewarded for their tenacity and meticulous attention to detail, although with […]
2011 vintage report for Adelaide Hills (South Australia)
Supplied by Adrian Loschiavo, Richard Hamilton and Simon Berry, Adelaide Hills Wine Region Growing season: The 2010-11 growing season created difficult conditions for disease management with rainfall well above average, resulting in record levels of growing-season rainfall not seen for several decades. This was combined with mild day-time temperatures, warmer nights, high humidity and many […]
2010 vintage report for Yarra Valley (Victoria)
Supplied by the Yarra Valley Wine Growers Association Growing season: An excellent season with overall warmer conditions than long-term averages. Maximum mean temperatures for November through to March were above average as were minimum mean temperatures. Some key rain events, particularly through the mid-season, resulted in minimal or no requirement for irrigation. Soil moistures were […]
2010 vintage report for Wrattonbully (South Australia)
Supplied by the Wrattonbully Wine Industries Association Growing season: The season began with full soil profiles due to above-average rainfall during late winter and early spring. July through to September experienced almost 100mm above the average rainfall for this period (230mm), a situation we have not seen in recent years. Rain fell regularly throughout the […]
2010 vintage report for Tumbarumba (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Tumbarumba Vignerons Association Growing season: There were no major frost events this year which saw strong growth and a very even flowering across the region. Temperatures were below average throughout the spring and summer; this set the region up for some excellent fruit quality. Some untimely rain in early March did see […]
2010 vintage report for Tasmania
Supplied by Wine Industry Tasmania Growing season: Tasmanias 2010 vintage followed four years of drought and has seen a welcome return to reasonable yields after the very low 2009 harvest. Winter rains were well above average, basically giving us the whole seasons rainfall prior to budburst. Follow-up rains in spring and summer kept the soil […]
2010 vintage report for Swan Valley (Western Australia)
Supplied by the Swan Valley Regional Winemakers Association Growing season: Good winter rains followed a dry June, ahead of a cool, wet start to spring with a wet, cold September. October and November were dry and fine except for heavy rain in the third week of November; that was to be the last rain until […]
2010 vintage report for South Burnett (Queensland)
Supplied by the South Burnett Wine Industry Association Growing season: The 2009-10 growing season saw the continuation of the drought. This had more positives than negatives as the season unfolded. Yields were down across the board, which was the most significant negative, but disease pressure was low and fruit quality was very good. Shiraz handled […]
2010 vintage report for Somerset Valleys (Queensland)
Supplied by the Somerset Valleys Grape and Wine Producers Association Growing season: Even budburst and good early growth in the regions vineyards gave vines a great start to the 2010 vintage. Extremely dry weather leading up to Christmas meant irrigation in most vineyards was utilised to maintain growth all had adequate water supplies for […]
2010 vintage report for Shoalhaven Coast (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Shoalhaven Coast Wine Industry Association Growing season: An early budburst and fruitset occurred due to a warmer winter. There was a high incidence of rainfall from February. Most wineries in the region experienced an early harvest. Vintage: The harvest period was fairly standard nothing unusual. Yields and quality: Yields are approximately […]
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