Vintage Weather
1980 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1980, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Northern hemisphere
A cold, disease-plagued year made high-acid wines that surprised with balance.
Mild winter and balanced warmth built an excellent, historic vintage.
One of the driest winters on record gave way to extremely hot, dry summer.
One of the coolest seasons on record, saved by a September heat spell.
A cool, restrained vintage that produced elegant, age-worthy wines.
Southern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere: the vintage year is the harvest year, so the growing season began in the previous calendar year (spring in September to October, harvest in February to April of the vintage year).
A brutal January heatwave tested growers after an excellent start to the season.