Barossa 2016 vintage progress report

In the BGWA’s previous Barossa vintage progress report on 8 January 2016, my closing comment was “a small rainfall event soon would be a very good thing”. Thirteen days later, the rains began to fall – setting the Barossa up for a perfect finish to the season. In early January, the growing season had been summarised as “low winter and spring rainfall, followed by a very warm and dry December which has reduced bunch weights”.