Vintage Weather
1989 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1989, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
The hottest summer since 1949 brought Bordeaux's earliest harvest since 1893.
A hot, dry summer made plush, generous, lower-acid wines for early drinking.
April frost cut some vines, then relentless summer heat made lush, ripe wine.
Drought-like heat drove an early harvest of rich, concentrated wines.
A warm summer and perfect autumn made this a legendary noble-rot vintage.
A dry year free of the rains that hit Italy built a tiny, great crop.
A warm, dry season produced riper wines lacking top-tier structure.
A frosty start and summer hail could not stop an early, warm harvest.
Torrential harvest rains earned it the nickname Vintage From Hell.