Vintage Weather
Australia
Temperature
Cold → Hot
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No weather read | Frost, Heat spike, Low yield | Late frosts, heat and inland flooding met the smallest crush since 2000. |
| 2025 | No weather read | Frost | Spring frost and dry conditions cut yields in a red-led rebound year. |
| 2024 | No weather read | A 9 per cent rebound that was still a small, white-led vintage. | |
| 2023 | Cool | Low yield | A third La Nina gave the smallest crush since 2000 and fine flavour. |
| 2022 | Cool | Frost, Harvest rain | A cooler La Nina season produced elegant, structured wines and standout dry rieslings. |
| 2021 | Average | A cool, stable, disease-free season produced Australia's largest and best harvest yet. | |
| 2019 | Hot | Drought, Heat spike, Smoke, Frost, Hail, Low yield | Extreme heat and drought cut yields but concentrated deep, colored reds. |
| 2018 | Warm | Frost, Heat spike, Low yield | Frost and February heat hurt the east, but the west had one of its best years. |
| 2017 | Cool | A cool, wet, late season produced elegant wines with great natural acidity. | |
| 2016 | Warm | Harvest rain | El Nino heat and a compressed harvest still delivered a sensational fine wine year. |
| 2015 | Warm | Frost, Smoke, Low yield | An early, warm harvest hit by frost and wildfire smoke still delivered excellent reds. |
| 2014 | Hot | Frost, Heat spike, Harvest rain, Smoke, Low yield | Frost, record heat, and a huge February rain event tested growers, yet quality held. |
| 2013 | Warm | Heat spike, Drought | A dry, fast-ripening season produced bold reds and richly textured whites early. |
| 2012 | Average | Low yield, Harvest rain | A cool start and dry, steady summer produced early, concentrated harvests nationwide. |
| 2010 | Average | Heat spike | Drought-breaking rain and an even season produced an outstanding, widely praised vintage. |
| 2009 | Hot | Heat spike, Smoke, Drought, Low yield | Record heat and bushfire smoke made 2009 brutal, but cooler regions found real quality. |
| 2008 | Warm | Heat spike, Harvest rain, Hail | A brutal mid-harvest heatwave split 2008 into stellar early picks and damaged late ones. |
| 2007 | Hot | Drought, Frost, Smoke, Low yield | Drought, frost, and smoke taint slashed yields but concentrated deeply colored reds. |
| 2006 | Average | Low yield | A mild season and lower yields produced intense, refined reds across South Australia. |
| 2005 | Cool | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A cool, steady season and record crush produced elegant, fruit-forward wines. |
| 2004 | Warm | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A record-breaking harvest paired with a heatwave and Hunter Valley rain damage. |
| 2003 | Warm | Drought, Harvest rain, Low yield | Severe drought cut yields but produced deep, concentrated Shiraz and Cabernet. |
| 2002 | Cool | Low yield | One of the coolest seasons on record still produced elegant, restrained wines. |
| 2001 | Hot | Harvest rain | A hot summer and a record harvest made 2001 a landmark year for Australian reds. |
| 1999 | No weather read | Frost, Harvest rain, Botrytis, Hail, Low yield | Frost, rain, and disease made 1999 tough, but skilled growers still found quality. |
| 1998 | Hot | Drought | The hottest, driest season since 1910 produced Australia's greatest modern red vintage. |
| 1997 | No weather read | Low yield, Heat spike | Wild swings from cold to record heat made 1997 one of Australia's most uneven years. |
| 1996 | Cool | A cool, late season rewarded patience with elegant, long-lived South Australian reds. | |
| 1994 | Cool | Heat spike | A cool, dry summer produced elegant, lower-alcohol reds with real cellaring potential. |
| 1991 | Warm | A warm, dry, early season produced textbook, age-worthy South Australian reds. |