Winegrowers in particular are very dependent on the climate, as grapes are sometimes extremely sensitive. Heat waves, extreme rainfall and regional storms “to throw on” – this year the nerves of the blue-yellow wine producers were particularly challenged. Wrongly seen at the moment, as Daniel Hugl, wine spokesman for the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture, explains to the “Krone”: “Hard to believe, but since the heyday everything has gone well at the right time. Even frost was not an issue,” the oenologist sums up and predicts a very good vintage for Lower Austria on average. – Only: “In some regions, isolated storm cells have unfortunately destroyed 100 percent of the harvest due to heavy hail.”
A good vintage – the “weather roller coaster” for Weinviertel winegrowers is over
