2014 Barossa vintage on track despite brutal Barossa summer

The Barossa Valley is a hive of activity this March as Australia's best winemakers bring in the 2014 vintage.

Despite potentially heart-breaking summer heat - followed by drenching rains - the Barossa has absorbed the best that Mother Nature could throw at her, and by good luck and good management the Valley's superb vineyards are predicted to produce a vintage above early expectations.

For some superior vineyards, the cooling weather has provided great relief for those whose grapes are best picked by hand -- those vineyards which mostly produce small yields, from some of the oldest vines in the world - or those vineyards producing premium wines from select vines where machine picking, as good as it is these days, just can't operate.

Here we take a look at Wolf Blass, where select vineyards are still picked in the traditional way - and we spoke with Senior Site Winemaker Matt O'Leary about his expectations for the 2014 vintage.

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