Vintage Weather
1978 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1978, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Temperature
Cold → Hot
Bordeaux
Vintage report → A dismal, rainy start was rescued by a late, sun-drenched miracle harvest.
Burgundy
Vintage report → A cold spring and late harvest, saved by an Indian summer, made a legendary vintage.
Rhône Valley
Vintage report → A cool wet spring gave way to warm, dry, near perfect ripening.
Barolo
Vintage report → A mild winter and balanced warm summer built an all-time classic.
Port & Douro
Vintage report → A poor spring gave way to a long hot summer; not generally declared.
Rioja
Vintage report → A smaller harvest that produced fruity, well-balanced wines built to age well.
Napa Valley
Vintage report → Wet spring, then warmth and a pre-harvest heat wave; big crop.