Vintage Weather
2022 across the wine world
Every region on record for 2022, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Northern hemisphere
Record heat and drought, yet small, healthy berries made fresh, balanced reds.
Frost, four heatwaves and drought, yet an early harvest and generous yields.
A solar year: dry summer, timely rain, healthy grapes and the top yield since 2008.
Hottest, driest vine cycle since 1950; August and September rain let ripening go on.
A hot, dry northern season eased by August rain, with fine tannins and balance.
A drought year with an early harvest that Inter Rhone rated excellent for reds.
July heat and drought, an August start, and light, aromatic Mosel Rieslings.
Drought and relentless heat brought an early harvest and round, inviting Barolo.
Constant summer heat and drought, eased by August rain; healthy grapes picked early.
Severe drought and record July heat, an early start and yields 20 percent below average.
Rioja's hottest year on record: healthy fruit, an early harvest, a Muy Buena rating.
A record September heat wave, then rain, split 2022 into two harvests.
An April frost burned the primary buds and a warm October still brought it home.
A dry, record-early Sonoma year: frost and a Labor Day heatwave gave dense wines.
A blizzard and a cold spring, then a warm fall rescued a big, fresh crop.
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).
Frost and hail cut Mendoza's crop, but producers praised the quality.
A wet La Nina spring and hail cut crops, then a cool summer gave slow ripening.