Germany – the truth about 2014

My first vintage report ( Germany 2014 – the year of the fly ) published in November 2014 dealt with the challenges growers had to face in the latter part of the year and at harvest time. At the end of July grapes were three weeks ahead of long-term average, which meant that their skins had already softened considerably. This made them more vulnerable to the onset of botrytis, and a cold and wet August was exactly what nobody...