Australia’s Drought Could Produce a Corker Vintage

Australia’s Drought Could Produce a Corker Vintage
Vines are seen at Petersons vineyards in Hunter Valley, Australia on Sept. 3, 2018. Stefica Bikes/Reuters
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GRIFFITH/BAROSSA, Australia—If Australia’s big dry has a silver lining, it'll be worth cellaring, according to vintners, who are scrambling to irrigate vines while preparing for a smaller but sweeter vintage.

Spring, when vine buds burst into fruit and flower, has come with much of Australia’s east gripped by a drought that has turned usually fertile pastures barren.