I learnt that they started picking in the Hunter Valley a week last Monday, Jan 15 here. That is quite exceptionally early. If global warming continues, each year's vintage is going to begin before the year has even started. If you see what I mean. (We already know of German Eiswein picked in the calendar year after the vintage although that was a phenomenon of the pre-warming era.)
I can't understand why no-one told me about Campbell Mattinson's exceptionally well-written website www.winefront.com.au before – especially since I spent almost a month in Australia last August. It must be that people...