West Australian wine growers from the Swan Valley to Denmark in the Great Southern have recorded one of their most dismal harvests in years following high summer temperatures.
Bruno de Tastes walks up and down rows of manicured vines at his winery, scrunching green and golden leaves between his fingers as he goes."It's not the water, it's the heat ."
Then in February, when grapes should have been maturing, they shrivelled on the vine as the valley was hit with rolling 40C heatwaves. "Our foliage and the grapes dried very quickly with this harsh heat, but we were worried because our canopy was becoming less and less. "It was a really early harvest, the earliest we've ever seen it in 27 years, but talking to a lot of generations, they've never seen it that early either," she said.
Since trade tariffs with China were imposed in 2020, domestic supply has risen but Mr Kellie said a poor harvest wouldn't translate to a price hike at the cellar door, and growers would lose out.As global temperatures continue to rise, he said the onus would be on growers to find ways to combat the heat.
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