Celebrate the Harvest!
This morning we picked the first grapes for the season and on 2 February, we celebrate SA wine’s 363rd birthday. The 2022 SA harvest is here. It is predicted to be slightly late again and slightly smaller, but I can feel the anticipation. Have you ever experienced the energy of a wine grape harvest? Here is what we expect from the 2022 harvest and a few ways in which you can become part of this special time in the winelands.
Like the previous growing season, the 2021 winter was cold and wet. Cooler and wet conditions persisted even until late December and as a result, the harvest will start at least ten days later than usual. The set of bunches and berries were good considering the conditions and at the moment Vinpro is predicting the overall harvest to be slightly smaller than in 2021, although this is not true for all regions. Yield expectations are quite varied for the different growing areas.