December 2018, is nature regenerating?

We had just 360mm of rain this year until end Oct, then heaven sent 196mm in Nov/Dec. Our damaged pastures are slow to recover but the grapes are doing well and loving the hot weather. It looks as though 2019 harvest will be a bumper!
Since our last post, we have sponsored a sustainable farming conference held by Greening Bathurst,
and we have started bottling our 2018 vintages of Chardonnay, Rose and Pinot Noir. These wines are all robust full fruit wines, unusual for cool climate grape varieties.
The hot humid weather, but with cooler nights up here at 1000metres, means we have carried out some mildew protection with sulphur and copper sprays.