Just got back from a tour through Marlborough with the Lincoln University Viticulture I students!
And an eventful time to be going through and talking with a number of people in the industry, working in large and small outfits.
Overall, the prognosis is good for the industry, in that regional yields are looking to come in slightly below the predicted total, which means there won't be an additional lump of wine to try to sell over the coming year. The other news is that everyone is really happy with the quality of the fruit coming in - the season was pretty cool, but the last weeks of the season have been ideal, and this combined with the lower crop loads (some by the effects of nature at fruit set, but some also due to people keeping crop loads down). Good news indeed!!
The big boys were in the early phases of harvest (getting close to 50% about now), but some of the smaller outfits (Fromm, Staete Landt) were pretty much through!
I've more detailed info (in snippet form) at http://twitter.com/sabrosiavit
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