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2010 vintage report for Granite Belt (Queensland)
Supplied by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. Growing season: A warm, dry spring led to early budburst and fruitset. Bunch numbers and berry size were reduced with the expectation of lower yields but good flavour. A number of vineyards experienced frost in late spring. Some of those that escaped this event were subject to […]
2010 vintage report for Grampians (Victoria)
Supplied by the Grampians Winemakers Inc. Growing season: Excellent late winter and spring rains were received. A warm spring resulted in early budburst and no frosts. A heatwave in November didnt affect canopy health and flowering looked okay. The heatwave in January affected some vineyards depending on soil moisture management. January and February were generally […]
2010 vintage report for Goulburn Valley (Victoria)
Supplied by the Goulburn Valley Wine Association Growing season: Timely spring rainfall coinciding with budburst ensured vines had a healthy start to the 2009-10 season following yet another dry winter period. Temperatures throughout January and February were slightly above average with moderate rainfall. From 5-8 March, between 100150mm of tropical rain was recorded throughout the […]
2010 vintage report for Geographe (Western Australia)
Supplied by the Geographe Vignerons Association Growing season: Spring started cool and dry but a wet November had a big influence on vine growth and development. Summer was characterised by a very long, relatively hot, dry period. Virtually no rain fell during ripening. Disease pressure was low with only powdery mildew causing any losses. Whites […]
2010 vintage report for Geelong (Victoria)
Supplied by the Geelong Winegrowers Association Inc. Growing season: Good rains fell throughout the season although not too much which led to a good growing season with little disease incidence. A warm start to spring caused budburst to occur a couple of weeks earlier than average. November was 3°C warmer than average which […]
2010 vintage report for Currency Creek (South Australia)
Supplied by the Currency Creek Wine Region Association Growing season: The heatwave of November 2009 created a challenging event early in the growing season that had a significant impact on flowering right across the cool climate regions of South Australia. As with other regions, this heat affected any vines that were at the sensitive flowering […]
2010 vintage report for Cowra (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Cowra Region Vineyard Association Growing season: After some decent rain through winter, we again experienced an extremely dry spring with only 49mm received between September and November. Again, budburst was about one week early (what is normal now anyway?). As has been the norm with these dry springs, we received some cold […]
2010 vintage report for Clare Valley (South Australia)
Supplied by Clare Valley Winemakers Inc. Growing season: For the first time in several years, we had a wet winter with rains through spring which enabled the vintage to start with good sub-level moisture. Summer was hot and dry and we experienced a heatwave in November, which further accelerated flowering and fruitset. As a result, […]
2010 vintage report for Broke Fordwich (New South Wales)
Supplied by the Broke Fordwich Wine & Tourism Association Growing season: The growing season began with a very warm to hot spring, but budburst and flowering were relatively unaffected. A November heatwave of 45°C, followed by dust storms, had an impact on fruitset, which ultimately affected yields of white varieties. Hail swept through the region […]
2010 vintage report for Barossa Valley (South Australia)
Supplied by the Barossa Grape & Wine Association Inc. Growing season: The Barossa experienced its best rainfall in five years during the winter and spring of 2009, which filled most of the Eden Valley dams and provided good soil moisture for the onset of the growing season. Late spring was fairly mild with some moderately […]
2010 vintage report for Ballarat (Victoria)
Supplied by the Ballarat and District Vignerons Association Growing season: Good rainfall during September (75mm) and late November (95mm) gave a good start to the growing season. However, extreme heat in the first week of November affected flowering for some growers. The rainfall in March slowed the ripening of fruit but had no detrimental effect […]
2010 vintage report for Alpine Valleys (Victoria)
Supplied by the Alpine Valleys Vignerons Growing season: Vines coped well with early season high temperatures due to high soil moisture profiles following good winter rains. Whites were picked slightly early in late January and early February. February and March rains increased disease pressure but the cooler temperatures and extended ripening season produced lower yielding, […]
2010 vintage report for Adelaide Hills (South Australia)
Supplied by the Adelaide Hills Wine Region Inc. Growing season: Leading into September and just prior to budburst, winter rainfall was close to long-term average for most parts of the Adelaide Hills, resulting in soil moisture profiles being full. While temperatures remained cool in September, budburst on most varieties was in line with the long-term […]
2009 vintage report for Tumbarumba (New South Wales)
Contributed by Cathy Gairn, Tumbarumba Vignerons Association Growing season: Rainfall for the season was 906mm with good rains in early February. Budburst took place in mid-September with one major frost event occurring in October affecting some vineyards. An isolated hail event on 18 December also affected two vineyards. The majority of vineyards in Tumbarumba survived […]
2009 vintage report for Tasmania
Contributed by David Sanderson, industry development officer, Wine Industry Tasmania Growing season: Tasmanias 2009 vintage can be summed up as quality, not quantity. The unpredictable weather created some challenges and particular climatic factors limited the yield in all Tasmanian growing regions, but this has aided in producing fruit of exceptional quality and intensity. October was […]
2009 vintage report for Swan District (Western Australia)
Contributed by Andrew Kosovich Growing season: A very good growing season resulted in a steady ripening period with full flavours achieved. Good rains in September (76mm) and November (58mm) ensured good health for the vines. December was mild with an average maximum temperature of 28°C and 11mm of rainfall. There was no rainfall in January. […]
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