Better vineyard management boosts UK 2024 wine crop

Published 2024년 12월 18일

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The 2024 English and Welsh wine harvest saw a small but high-quality crop, according to the WinesGB Harvest Yield Survey. This is attributed to improved vine management and the ability to handle challenging conditions. Despite lower yields than the 10-year average, remaining stocks from the larger 2023 harvest have mitigated the shortfall. The total production for 2024 is projected to be between 6 and 7 million bottles, a 30-40% decrease from the average. However, potential alcohol levels are similar to the average, with Bacchus and Chardonnay grapes performing well. The harvest emphasizes the resilience and expertise of producers in overcoming climatic challenges.

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English and Welsh winegrowers have reported a small but good quality crop in 2024 due in part to better vineyard management, the latest WinesGB Harvest Yield Survey has found. The report, which is published annually, highlighted the growing maturity of the homegrown UK industry and its understanding of vineyard management, which helped growers cope with the “testing conditions” experienced this year. The “expertise, resilience, and selectivity in the vineyard resulted in many producers harvesting a small but good quality crop,” it said, based on “assiduous vineyard management and selective picking”. The grapes overall had a high level of phenolic ripeness, the survey found, because they had been let to hang over a longer than average harvest period. “A true ‘winegrowers’ vintage’, the skills amassed by vine-growing and production teams in the UK worked in synergy with the variability of this year’s harvest,” the report said. It was a year that saw lower yields than those in 2023 ...

Source: Thedrinkbusiness