Wet winter; good wine

West Gippsland’s famously wet weather comes in handy for wine growers – some wineries are able to choose not to irrigate.
“A distinctive factor between cool climate varieties and the irrigated varieties is the production level,” Wild Dog Winery owner Gary Surman told the Warragul & Baw Baw Citizen.
“We would produce about a fifth of the volume of tonnes per acre compared to irrigation vines.”