Diary of a Barossa vintage casual – part 7

Monday 6 April 2020
Empty airport with social distancing measures

Somehow, Samantha has managed to produce this, the final instalment of her vintage diary, even though she must be exhausted and jetlagged after a 63-hour journey back to the Pacific Northwest from South Australia. She ends by comparing her first-hand experience of winemaking in Oregon and Australia.

I realise that in my last journal entry I promised you more technical harvest information. Unfortunately, the events of the last week make that very difficult. Instead, what I have for you is a summary of my week (seriously affected by the coronavirus) and a comparison of this vintage with my last one...