1954

Australia / Above average growing season rainfall followed by a cool, mild and dry vintage, the delay leading to “strong” Barossa red wines. Vintage was late and was followed by a very wet April.

In 1954 there were 7,629 hectares of vineyards in Barossa and 38,038 tonnes of wine grapes were crushed in that vintage.

The was a season for records. Apart from the large crops it was the second coldest year on record, had the second highest ho...