2008 vintage : a better year for Australian Wines
Every vintage is different for grapegrowers and winemakers. Many problems beset the 2007 vintage in Australia, but the prospects for 2008 look better.
Below you will find some news about how things are unfolding in 2008 in some of Australia's wine regions.
Below you will find some news about how things are unfolding in 2008 in some of Australia's wine regions.
Vintage 2008 - stories from the vineyard
- Early start to 2008 vintage in Rutherglen
- ABC news report
- The Wine Blokes » The Wine Blokes TV
- TV from the Wine Blokes - whose first couple of episodes take us through the selection of some Sauvignon blanc grapes in the Adelaide Hills for the 2008 Vintage
- Perricoota region looks forward to a reasonable vintage
- Despite drought and restricted availability of water many vineyards anticipate a good vintage in 2008.
- Granite Belt Wine and Tourism
- GBWT have set up an on-line grape for sale page for the 2008 vintage on its new website. Maybe, like me, you like looking at ads even though you don't intend to buy.
- The Barossa Grapegrower: Start of Vintage 2008
- 2008 Vintage has started early in the Barossa with the Mad Dog blogger completing the Picking of his Sauv blanc and Pinot Noir before the end of January.
- Heavy rain damages Hunter Valley wine harvest
- A welcome end to the drought causes problems with fungal diseases.
- Early harvest prompts forecast revision
- A good season has prompted forecasters to increase the expected size of the 2008 vintage.
- Some of the big guys are doing well
- Australian Vintage Limited (formerly McGuigan Simeon Wines) reports on profits from 2007 and is upbeat about 2008
Vintage 2009 under way!
And the reports are being collected on at Vinodiversity.
Read what others are saying, or add your own reports or comments.
News reports
- Better outlook for vintage 2008
- Commentry on ABARE's outlook for vintage 2008 in The Land Newspaper
- Sizzled fruit in the Barossa
- Bethany grapegrower, Trevor Klose says wineries and growers will need to look at vintages very closely if the season continues to change...
- 2008 declared the wine of the century in Canberra
- THIS year's wine harvest is so impressive it will be bottled for the territory's centenary celebrations, the ACT Government has announced.
- Good news from the Pyrenees
- Luigi Bazzani of the much awarded Warrenmang Vineyard has stated that his is a much smaller yield, but the quality of the fruit is brilliant...
- SA wine vintage 'one to forget' for some - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- ABC News story about heat wave effects on Vintage 2008
- What's in the sin bin? - Age Epicure report on De Bortoli's 2008
- De Bortoli's chief winemaker tells Jeni Port some secrets
Saving Vines from Hail
Another natural hazard of grapes
The vintage poster below shows an attempt to stave off hail damage to a vineyard in the Beaujolais region
Saving Vines Beaujolais
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Don't forget: 2009 reports now being collected
You can read or post reports and comments about tyhe 2009 vintage in Australia at Vinodiversity.
Readers contributions
Have we missed anything
Share any reports you have about the 2008 Vintage. If you fill in the box below everyone can see it. If you wish to contact me personally go to the Vinodiversity website
hypnogirl wrote...
I love Australian wines, especially from the smaller vineyards. You are right this year we have a wide variety to choose from. One thing that your readers may enjoy doing is saving the labels and posting them on acid free paper and then mounting them. Some of the wine labels are absolutely beautiful and make wonderful wall art.
Posted April 09, 2009
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Some may not be about wine: you sort it out.
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- Looks Like a great year in the Grampians
- The Stawell Times has compiled some comments from local winemakers who are pleased with the 2008 Vintage
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- Swan District's Vintage Report 2008
- Story on Daily wine news says the quality of fruit was good, but most producers found themselves 20 to 30% down in terms of crop level...
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