Vintage Weather
2023 across the wine world
Every region on record for 2023, read the same way: temperature, rain, harvest timing, and the events that shaped the season.
Northern hemisphere
A wet, mildew-hit June gave way to a dry, sunny finish and fresh wines.
Storms, hail and harvest heat, yet a record crop of expressive, fruity wines.
A huge, record-bunched crop whose ripening turned hot, humid and uneven.
Dry winter, rainy spring, late summer heat; a mid-September deluge in the north.
Storms, mildew and mid-harvest rain tested the north, yet growers praised balanced wines.
Dry winter, wet spring and a long, healthy harvest in southern appellation reports.
A hot, dry June, a soaking from late July and a very warm September sped ripening.
Record heat and drought in Piedmont, a rainy Langhe spring, and a very good rating.
A rainy late spring brought downy mildew and smaller crops across much of Tuscany.
An early, generous harvest broken in two by heavy September rain.
A dry start, late-August heat and heavy September rain made a variable Muy Buena year.
A cold wet winter and cool season pushed harvest toward November with high acidity.
A hot, dry summer and a September rain forecast made for a condensed harvest.
A wet, cool start and mild summer gave a late, long harvest with plenty of fresh fruit.
An easy season with one August heat spike and a small but high-quality 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, hail and a hot, dry summer cut the crop and brought an early, healthy harvest.
A third La Nina gave the smallest crush since 2000 and fine flavour.