Vintage Weather
1994 across the wine world
Every region on record for 1994, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Harvested autumn 1994
A cool, dry summer produced elegant, lower-alcohol reds with real cellaring potential.
Harvested autumn 1994
A hot, sunny summer was ruined by two weeks of relentless September rain.
A promising hot summer was ruined by heavy September rain and rot.
A hot summer gave way to relentless September rain that hurt many wines.
A hot July and a month of October sun produced musts unseen since the great 1976.
Record summer heat and drought made soft, fruity, early-drinking wines.
Hail and poor flowering slashed yields before a warm, dry summer.
A hot, dry, frost-thinned harvest producing small yields and brilliant concentration.
A long, moderate season gave one of the greatest modern Napa vintages.
A cool, small-crop year made light, jammy, approachable Pinot Noir.
A cool, extended growing season produced wines of elegance and freshness.
A warm, uneventful season produced big, rich, extracted reds.