Every Vintage is Different!
One of the charms of wine is that every vintage is different, even every wine is different.
True wine lovers (not wine snobs) look for differences. That's what makes wine such a wonderful thing to talk about, to taste and to enjoy.
Well made wines will allow nature to express itself in the bouquet and flavour of the wine.
The climatic conditions, especially during the ripening period, are critical in making a good wine. Climate change and unseasonal weather conditions are increasing the variation in the quality of the wines made from year to year. The wines are not necessarily becoming better or worse, just more variable.
If you like variety, you will like the 2007 Vintage when the wines start appearing a few months from now. If your comfort zone doesn't extend outside homogeneous pulp served by fast food chains then you will be disappointed.
Read on, leave your comments in the guestbook or contact me if you are a winemaker with a story to tell
Australian Vintage 2007
Winemakers tell how they have fared
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AndrewGreen
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- Nice lens with some interesting points of view.
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Vintage 2007 in the US
- Vineyards also suffer big losses in Georgia
- The Gainesville Times reports that frosts have hit vineyards across the South of the United States after warmer than ususal March caused early bud break.
Vintage 2007 around the world
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- Blending The New 2007 Vintage At Sula, India
- Vineyards in India??? That's right. Wandering of Sonoma County winemaster Kerry Damskey has developed vineyards in the Nasik region, and reports on his 2007 Cabernet, Shiraz, Chenin blanc, and Sauvignon blanc
- Hatton Estate, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
- Warm and dry conditions at vintage have made the winemakers at Hatton Estate optimistic about their 2007 wines.
- Rain spoils Bordeaux grapes
- Sixty days and nights of almost incessant rain threaten to ruin large parts of the French wine harvest this year, especially in Bordeaux - Report from the Independent Newspaper.
- The Drinkable Grape
- Liz Pirnat's Blog reports on the disastrous 2007 Vintage in Bordeaux due to grey rot after weeks of constant rainfall.
- Italy headed for early Vintage
- Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) says the Italian Vintage for 2007 will be down about 5% on last year and vintage will take place at the earliest date in more than 30 years
Australian Wine Blog
News on alternative varietals
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byLinks to vintage 2007 stories
- Frost effects entries at South Coast Wine Show
- Frost has cut the number of entries in the Southern Highlands region, but entries are up from the Shoalhaven Coast as new vineyards enter their first wines.
- Going cheap ... but not for long The Observer
- Price rises anticipated in the UK
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