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What makes a good vintage? - The winemaker? - The crop? - The weather? It is in fact a combination of all three. A skilful winemaker cannot make great wine from poor grapes. An excellent crop in unskilled hands will never yield its true potential. A long sunny ripening season will inevitably yield a good vintage. For the winemaker optimum ripeness with optimum sugar levels is always sought but when to pick can be a gamble. Should one wait a week for that extra degree of ripeness and maybe risk a weather change - rain will dilute a ripe crop - or pick early and secure the harvest?

 
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Alsace
9
9
7
8
8
9
8
8
8
9
8
9
9
9
Bordeaux Red
8
9
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
Sauternes
9
10
7
6
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
10
9
Burgundy Red
8
9
7
8
8
7
8
9
9
8
9
8
7
9
Burgundy White
9
8
7
9
7
7
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
9
Rhône
9
9
6
7
8
8
9
8
8
10
9
10
10
9
Champagne
9
10
    
8
  
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
9
Loire
9
9
7
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
8
8
8
9
Germany
9
9
8
9
8
9
8
9
8
8
8
8
10
9
Italy
7
9
8
7
8
8
8
7
9
8
9
8
8
7
Spain
9
8
7
8
8
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
9
7
Australia
8
8
8
8
8
9
8
9
8
9
8
8
9
9
California
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
7
10
9
New Zealand    
8
7
9
8
8
8
9
8
9
9
    
Port
nv
nv
9
9
nv
9
nv
nv
8
nv
nv
9
nv
  
 

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