South Australia’s wine regions celebrate harvest – known locally as “vintage” – with passion, pageantry and a strong sense of community.
Celebrate harvest at F.A.W.C!, Hawke’s Bay’s Food and Wine Classic festival
For over a decade, F.A.W.C! – the Hawke’s Bay Food and Wine Classic, has been a highlight on the New Zealand foodie event calendar drawing wine enthusiasts and foodies alike to the heart of New Zealand’s food and wine country. Held in March, this vibrant festival coincides with the region’s wine harvest, offering a unique opportunity to experience the magic firsthand.
Exploring the Great Outdoors: Exciting Adventures Await at Casablanca Valley Vineyards
Casablanca Valley, nestled amidst Chile’s picturesque landscapes, offers a myriad of captivating experiences amidst its rolling vineyards. Embark on dynamic bike tours, traversing lush greenery, or immerse yourself in celestial wonders during stargazing nights. Each adventure in this enchanting corner of Chile promises to ignite the senses and leave indelible memories of exploration and discovery.
Climate change and the future of the Bordeaux blend.
Climate change is bringing a shorter vine growing cycle to Bordeaux. The conditions may still be favourable but how to protect the Bordeaux style in the future? Growers already have viticultural and wine making tools to help, but now experimenting with the Bordeaux blend is inviting innovation.
The Journey of a grape
In his 2005 book, ‘A Wine Miscellany’, author, Graham Harding argues: “wine is not just ‘the fermented juice of grapes’.”
The journey from vine to glass is a matter of science and circumstance. There are a wide number of species of vines which bears a variety of grapes, known as varietals. For instance, the Chardonnay grape is green and produces white or ‘blanc’, Chardonnay wine. Each varietal, affected by soil type, climate, wind, farming practices and other factors, produces various characteristics. In South Africa, it is not legal to add flavourants. As such, when Chardonnay is said to exhibit vanilla, for instance, certain winemaking processes might exhibit that character. For example, aging, or maturing wine in wood can produce certain tastes and smells.
Welcome to Wine Harvest in the Douro and Vinho Verde regions: a season of culture, tradition and experiences!
The harvest represents one of the most festive and traditional seasons in our wine regions and covers all the activities that take place between the picking of the grapes and the production of wine.
Harvest festivals aren’t only for the pickers
There was a time when properties weren’t keen to open up their doors to visitors during harvest time. There’s a lot going on, pipes and pumps all over the cellar floor, busy cellar rats checking on fermentation temperatures, grapes arriving and general activity. More and more properties now realise just how much wine enthusiasts love this time. They love to the see the cellars in action rather than as hushed dark and cavernous halls of silent barrels of ageing wine or gleaming tanks waiting for the next weeks of activity.
Honouring the harvest season in Verona with Festival “Hostaria”
Every year, in October, the city of Verona celebrates the harvest period with a marvellous festival: “Hostaria”. During this particular weekend, the city honours harvest and the territory’s wineries, enabling visitors to experience the historical and cultural importance of harvesting in this region, accompanying them through various tastes, flavours and memorable experiences.
Harvest traditions in Rheinhessen – an occasion to celebrate
Rheinhessen has both harvest traditions and festivals. Find out more about them here.
At the Heart of the Harvest
On the weekends of 23-24 September and 30 September/1st October, the third national “At the Heart of the Harvest” autumnal fair took place, organised by Swiss Wine Promotion (SWP), the Swiss wines national body. This year, the organisers were able to rely on thirty-nine Swiss wineries to welcome more than nine-hundred and fifty apprentice grape harvesters.
A taste of Verona with pasta, wine and…peaches
Over the past few years, many companies and wineries in Verona have chosen to offer guests different ways through which their products can be experienced, and are more and more committed to promote original events.
MENDOZA CELEBRATES WINE WITH A UNIQUE SHOW
Mendoza is home to the largest wine industry in Argentina and celebrates the grape harvest in a big way. This is the origin of its almost hundred-year-old National Harvest Festival, a cultural event with artistic characteristics of international prestige.