Drought halves grape harvest, but quality is ‘extraordinary’
Monday 7 October was the last day of harvest for Cantina di Venosa (PZ). A year characterized by an advance of two and a half weeks: Moscato starting from 11 August, then Malvasia, Merlot for rosés, other grapes for sparkling bases, Greco Bianco di Basilicata and finally the most important grape variety of the area, Aglianico del Vulture, 20 days early from 25 September, and whose harvest has just ended. 2024 will be remembered by the 300 members of Cantina di Venosa, the most important wine cooperative in Lucania, both for the high quality of the grapes and for the low quantity of the harvest: a 50% drop, due to drought, compared to 2022. Production amounts to 26-27 thousand quintals, compared to the 55 thousand quintals that the members harvested on average each year. The only exception in the production trend was 2023, when due to downy mildew - a serious cryptogamic disease of the vine - only 14 thousand quintals of grapes were harvested; almost half of the current year.
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