Frosts have wiped out crops across some of Australia's premier wine regions, including the Barossa and Riverland
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Frosts have wiped out crops across some of Australia's premier wine regions, including the Barossa and Riverland

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Grape growers are battling to avoid major crop losses after severe frosts swept across southern parts of Australia in recent days. He said the recent frost was "very extreme", and damage to vines because of the frosty weather could also impact yields into the future. In the Riverland, Australia's largest wine grape growing region, grower Michael Stivahtaris said one fifth of his crop had been wiped out due to frost this month. Mr Hoffmann said many grape growers — including himself — used frost fans to circulate air around vineyards to prevent the ground from cooling too much. Ms Roberts said a number of growers were "madly slashing underneath the vines so the frost doesn't settle on the vine itself".

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Grape growers in SA's renowned wine region counting losses from frosts
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Grape growers in SA's renowned wine region counting losses from frosts

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Wine grape growers in some of Australia's largest and most iconic regions say they have suffered crop losses due to unseasonable frosts, which are forecast to continue. "It's been quite devastating, considering we've got quite a bit of frost mitigation and we've been frosted quite severely under frost fans," he said. Constant vigilance In the Riverland, which is Australia's largest …

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