Southern Hemisphere Harvest Report 2022: LIVE
By Adriana Schmidt on 06 January 2022
Harvest has kicked off in the sunny Southern hemisphere, and we'll be following along. Here's wishing all of them a successful season!
Saturday 19 March
Yering Station - Victoria, Australia
Is there a winemaker out there whose boots don't look like this at the end of the day?
Craggy Range - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
We love this bird's eye view of harvest in full swing!
Monday 14 March
Yering Station - Victoria, Australia
Can't wait to get our hands on a bottle of your elegant Pinot Noir, Yering Station!
Saturday 12 March
Stellenrust - Stellenbosch, South Africa
A vineyard from 1964 with a whole string of accolades... no mean feat!
Craggy Range - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
We're sure the team didn't mind working outside in the lovely sunny weather!
Tuesday 8 March
Journey's End - Stellenbosch, South Africa
Team work from the entire community at Journey's End.
Rieslingfreak - Clare Valley, Australia
Is there a better sight than freshly picked, vibrant grapes?
Monday 7 March
Journey's End - Stellenbosch, South Africa
25% down, 75% to go!
Sunday 6 March
Yering Station - Victoria, Australia
We agree: some beautiful looking Chardonnay grapes.
Spy Valley - Marlborough, New Zealand
I spy with my little eye...
Journey's End - Stellenbosch, South Africa
We'll keep an eye out for this one.
Thursday 3 March
Stellenrust - Stellenbosch, South Africa
You know you're deep in harvest season if you don't have time to tweet...
Wednesday 2 March
Spy Valley - Marlborough, New Zealand
Harvest is a family business at Spy Valley.
Monday 28 February
Miolo - Serra Gaucha, Brazil
At Miolo, harvest is in full swing with good weather conditions.
Friday 25 February
Springfield - Robertson, South Africa
'Mosbolletjies' is a harvest tradition in South Africa: delicious, sweet, and soft bread made from the grape must, or 'mos' in Afrikaans.
Tuesday 22 February
Millton Vineyards - Gisborne, New Zealand
Rearing to go at Millton Vineyards.
Monday 21 February
Rieslingfreak - Clare Valley, Australia
A welcome sight at Rieslingfreak.
Springfield - Robertson, South Africa
And just like that, Springfield is done with white grapes.
Saturday 19 February
Journey's End - Stellenbosch, South Africa
...and we're looking forward to tasting the 2022 Chardonnay!
Thursday 17 February
Santa Rita - Central Valley, Chile
Blessed vintage!
Craggy Range - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
After an extremely early veraison period (see the post further down), harvest has kicked off for Craggy Range.
Battle of Bosworth - McLaren Vale, Australia
Pinot Noir still looking as good as it did in the vineyard!
Friday 11 February
Creation - Walker Bay, South Africa
Creation Wines and Carolyn Martin was featured in the harvest section of the South African newspaper, Die Burger (The Citizen).
Thursday 10 February
Battle of Bosworth - McLaren Vale, Australia
Pinot Noir kicks off the harvest season for Battle of Bosworth.
Creation - Walker Bay, South Africa
Read their harvest prediction on the Creation website.
Saturday 29 January
Journey's End - Stellenbosch, South Africa
Some good-looking Chardonnay! All the hard work in the vineyards will no doubt be worth it.
Thursday 27 January
Graham Beck - Robertson, South Africa
An overview of the 2022 harvest from new cellar master Pierre de Klerk:
“2022 will be a year which I believe will not be easily forgotten. In my 12 years on the estate, I have never experienced such a cool start to summer. This is a good thing as the longer hanging time for the grapes encourages more developed flavours. I feel almost childishly excited about the potential aromatic and analytic quality of the harvest which we are patiently waiting for!"
Wednesday 26 January
Journey's End - Stellenbosch, South Africa
A throwback to the 2020 season, as Journey's End prepares to start harvesting.
Thursday 20 January
Craggy Range - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
The warm season has resulted in the start of ripening (veraison) arriving as early as it did last season - which was their earliest harvest ever at Craggy Range.
Catena - Mendoza, Argentina
Harvest season is just around the corner!
Monday 17 January
Graham Beck - Robertson, South Africa
At Graham Beck, there was a festive start to the harvest season, especially for new cellarmaster Pierre de Klerk. See the rest of the harvest photos on their Instagram profile.
Friday, 14 January
Creation - Walker Bay, South Africa
Watch Katherine's video on green harvesting.
Tuesday, 11 January
Springfield - Robertson, South Africa
Two announcements in one: a new MCC on the way, and Emma Bruwer joins the rest of the Bruwer family on the farm.