Early wine vintage creates production problems for SA growers

An exceptionally early vintage is creating production difficulties for wineries and added pressure for grapegrowers in South Australia. On average, this year’s vintage was about a month earlier than normal due to a combination of local seasonal factors and climate change, SA’s Winegrape Council executive officer Peter Hackworth said. “What it’s meant is a lot of the varieties that normally would ripen distinctively apart have tended to come in at the same time,” Hackworth said.