Season is late, but nice weather hanging around!

Late season, yes, but it could be worse!

We've had a bit of an Indian Summer here, with a frost on April 10th, and then warm weather afterward.

While the season from September to January was miserably cool, with monthly temperatures being well below the long term average, February and March were slightly above average, and April is shaping up to be a decent month as well.

For those grapes that have kept their integrity through now, this is good news. We had 6mm of rain yesterday, but today was a nice warm and windy northwester, which has helped to dry out the clusters and should prevent an infection period for Botrytis from occurring.

There may be life yet in this difficult vintage for Canterbury!!