Vintage Weather
1970 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1970, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Temperature
Cold → Hot
Bordeaux
Vintage report →A hot, dry summer with a well-timed August rain gave a big, welcome vintage.
Rhône Valley
Vintage report →A warm season favored ripe, age-worthy Grenache in the south.
Barolo
Vintage report →A warm, dry summer produced a generous crop of majestic Barolo.
Tuscany
Vintage report →A dry, rainfall-free harvest built powerful, long-aging Brunello di Montalcino.
Port & Douro
Vintage report →Near-rainless summer heat concentrated fruit into a top-tier vintage.
Rioja
Vintage report →Variable conditions favored patient producers who waited for full physiological ripeness.
Napa Valley
Vintage report →Chilly start gave way to a successful, structured vintage.
Willamette Valley
Vintage report →The first commercial vintage that put Oregon wine on the map.