1989 vintage guide for Red Australia
A very disappointing harvest. A very disappointing harvest
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1988 vintage guide for Red Australia
A largely unexciting vintage
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1987 vintage guide for Red Australia
A cool summer produced wines for drinking relatively young
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1986 vintage guide for Red Australia
An excellent vintage, producing some classic wines with good aroma and structure
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1985 vintage guide for Red Australia
An uneven year but good in Victoria
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1984 vintage guide for Red Australia
A bewildering season which has never really lived up to its much-touted potential
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1983 vintage guide for Red Australia
A very good vintage throughout Australia; excellent Penfolds Grange
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1982 vintage guide for Red Australia
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1981 vintage guide for Red Australia
A hot, dry and forgettable vintage with many hard and tannic wines
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1980 vintage guide for Red Australia
A good year for wines from the Barossa and Victoria, also Cabernet and Shiraz from Western Australia
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1979 vintage guide for Red Australia
A generally disappointing year
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1978 vintage guide for Red Australia
A dry growing season produced reds of richness and longevity
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1977 vintage guide for Red Australia
1977 vintage guide for Red Australia. A desolate year
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1976 vintage guide for Red Australia
1976 vintage guide for Red Australia. 1977 vintage guide for Red Australia. A desolate year
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1975 vintage guide for Red Australia
1975 vintage guide for Red Australia. A disappointingly cool and meagre vintage
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1974 vintage guide for Red Australia
1974 vintage guide for Red Australia. A disastrous vintage with very few exceptions
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1973 vintage guide for Red Australia
1973 vintage guide for Red Australia. Not a vintage to demonstrate Australian winemaking talent
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1972 vintage guide for Red Australia
1972 vintage guide for Red Australia. Dry, relatively cool season in which later harvesting Coonawarra and Eden Valley fared best
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1971 vintage guide for Red Australia
1971 vintage guide for Red Australia. A very good to excellent season for most red wine makers
