Our wine columnist assesses the impact of the horrific bushfires on Australian vineyards. Who has been affected, and what can we still buy that isn’t?
Much of the coverage on the impact of Australia’s horrific bushfires has all too understandably focused on the loss of wildlife and the effect on the landscape and communities, but the wine industry has been badly affected, too.
The Adelaide Hills area of South Australia has been particularly severely hit, with an estimated third of all producers affected to a greater or lesser extent – one winemaker, David Bowley of Vinteloper, lost his entire home, vineyards and winery. There has been a bit of a run on Bowley’s wine recently, thanks to sympathy buying, but The Whisky Exchange has one of his much-acclaimed pinots, the PN16, for £32.95. Iconic producer Henschke also suffered severe damage to its Lenswood vineyard, which produces the elegant Abbotts Prayer.
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