The 2024 California winegrape harvest has reported an early start in many regions following a rainy winter, a cool spring and a warm summer. 

The Regulatory Council Technical Services of DO Cava has forecast a quality harvest for the Spanish wine region after spring rainfall ended a prolonged period of drought.

WineGB has declared a record harvest for the British wine industry which is set to produce an estimated 20-22m bottles.

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) has reported the 2023 Bordeaux harvest, which started a few days ahead of normal, has seen weather conditions fall into place during the end of the summer despite difficult weather this year.

Belvedere has released its Belvedere 10, crafted from the single harvest of one rye field.

With the 2022 harvest now completed, the team at Jackson Estate have reflected on the last few months, describing it as “a vintage of challenge”.

Champagne growers and houses met in Epernay within the Comité Champagne to agree on the circumstances of the next harvest and on strategic directions for the sector.

The volatile symptoms of climate change are looming larger over the wine world, Oli Dodd investigates.

California is the latest major wine-producing region to struggle with Mother Nature after a drought emergency gripped the Golden State.

The 2021 South African wine harvest has been estimated at 1,461,599 tonnes, 8.9% larger than in 2020.

South African wineries are now permitted to finish the 2020 harvest after the government added them to the list of essential businesses during the coronavirus lockdown.

The 2010 New Zealand grape harvest totalled 266,000 tonnes, 19,000 tonnes smaller than the 2009 crop and in line with the pre-harvest forecast.