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2010 vintage report for Scenic Rim (Queensland)
Supplied by the Scenic Rim Wine Industry Association Growing season: Across the region, from Marburg in the north to Rathdowney in the south, total rainfall for the 2009-10 August-to-February growing season varied from 522mm to 440mm. Between 47-75% of this rainfall occurred in the pre-harvest to harvest period from December to February. The growing season […]
2010 vintage report for Riverland (South Australia)
Supplied by the Riverland Wine Industry Development Council Growing season: The Riverland had a generally mild growing season that was interrupted by a heatwave in early to mid-November. The heat came at a critical time for berry development and berry set, impacting on yield. A smaller, less influential spell of heat arrived with the New […]
2010 vintage report for Riverina (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Wine Grapes Marketing Board Growing season: The 2009-10 growing season began with a frost very early in the season. The symptoms of frost damage were most pronounced in the lower lying parts of Griffith. This damage pales in comparison to the damage experienced by a series of hailstorms across the Riverina in […]
2010 vintage report for Padthaway (South Australia)
Supplied by the Padthaway Grape Growers Association Growing season: Rainfall for the 2009-10 growing season was slightly above the long-term average (LTA). This had all growers excited as the past two seasons had been between 85-90mm below the LTA. Minimum temperatures only produced one or two frost events, depending on where vineyards were situated in […]
2010 vintage report for New England (New South Wales)
Supplied by the New England Winegrowers Association Growing season: The 2009-10 vintage was a season of extremes. Several small frosts in early October did some minor damage, followed by a severe frost in late October. This caused some extensive damage to some vineyards at higher altitudes. Many vineyards recovered well but resulted in varying maturity […]
2010 vintage report for Murray Valley (Victoria)
Supplied by Murray Valley Winegrowers Inc. Growing season: The first major weather event for the season occurred in the first half of November when the Murray-Darling and Swan Hill wine regions endured a week of scorching temperatures of around 40°C. The second half of the month could not have been more different, with about 80mm […]
2010 vintage report for Mornington Peninsula (Victoria)
Supplied by the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association Growing period: Following significant spring rain periods (above average rainfall in October and December) the growing season began early with vineyards growing extremely well with good vigour, strong canopies and very good vine health. Rain episodes occurred throughout the season at very useful stages ensuring healthy vine growth […]
2010 vintage report for McLaren Vale (South Australia)
Supplied by McLaren Vale Grape Wine and Tourism Growing season: Above-average rainfall in winter and autumn set vines up well with healthy canopies and allowed the soil to store water. Conditions since the mid 2000s have seen a trend of earlier budburst, flowering and harvest with shorter ripening seasons. The 2010 vintage was no exception, […]
2010 vintage report for Macedon Ranges (Victoria)
Supplied by the Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association Inc. Growing season: In the northern and eastern parts of the region: rain in spring and late summer provided an easy growing and ripening season with good fruitset; no excessive summer heat; no particular disease pressure; leaf cover at vintage was very high and there was still leaf […]
2010 vintage report for Limestone Coast Robe
Growing season and harvest: The weather was reasonable for flowering with not too much wind. The growing season was good with an unusually warm spell in November which accelerated fruit development and brought forward harvest dates by two to three weeks. Frost was not an issue this vintage. Two significant rain events one in […]
2010 vintage report for Limestone Coast Coonawarra
Supplied by the Coonawarra Grapegrowers Association and Coonawarra Vignerons Association Growing season: Winter rainfall in 2009 was above average, giving good soil moisture levels for budburst in early spring. Favourable conditions continued during spring with minimal frost and settled flowering conditions, allowing for excellent vine canopy development and fruitset. During November, much of South Australia […]
2010 vintage report for Limestone Coast Bordertown
Supplied by Jeff Flint, of Wirrega Vineyards Growing season: Good winter rains and a dry October provided a strong start to the season resulting in good vine growth. There were no frost problems but a six-day heatwave in November sped up flowering which went from onset to 80% capfall in six days over all varieties, […]
2010 vintage report for Langhorne Creek (South Australia)
Supplied by the Langhorne Creek Wine Industry Council Growing season: Heat in November impacted fruitset in an otherwise excellent season; warmer than average with moderate conditions during ripening and low disease pressure. Vintage: It was an early start to vintage at Langhorne Creek, though on average for the latter part of this decade, with the […]
2010 vintage report for Hunter Valley (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association Growing season: Despite an early budburst, and an excellent ground water profile leading into September, strong winds during spring produced uneven flowering, resulting in lower-than-expected crops of intensely flavoured fruit. Veraison proceeded as normal around Christmas, indicating an on-time or slightly early harvest. However, warm weather coupled […]
2010 vintage report for Hilltops (New South Wales)
Supplied by Hilltops Inc. Growing season: The 2009-10 growing season began with much better subsoil moisture then weve had for the previous 10 years. The Hilltops area does not draw water from any river system and so is most reliant on natural rainfall events over the winter period to fill storage dams. We were able […]
2010 vintage report for Great Southern (Western Australia)
Supplied by the Great Southern Wine Producers Association Growing season: The region experienced a very wet winter followed by a dry spring and summer growing period. This resulted in excellent vine growth and good fruitset overall. The dry growing season helped curb disease incidences. The wet winter saw plenty of irrigation water available which was […]
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