Vintage Weather

1962 across the wine world

Every region on record for 1962, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.

Temperature

Cold → Hot

No weather read

Late harvest and rescuing summer rains produced Australia's largest crush of the era.

Harvested autumn 1962

Warm · Drought

A warm, dry season after the tiny 1961 gave a big, charming, early-drinking crop.

Cool

A cold, late season made elegant, light reds and superb concentrated whites.