Wine industry bouncing back from tough season(2)
"I think just like every year in Australia... the picture changes from state to state and region to region," he said.
"It's fair to say this year will be characterised by heat episodes in some regions and certainly the bushfire episodes in Victoria as far as the Yarra Valley goes.
"But there are other regions which are reporting very strong and very consistent conditions and certainly there is talk, despite the challenges of a strong outlook for quality."
Extreme weather conditions have not been the only challenges faced by grape growers this year as supply was expected to outweigh demand.
Mr Henry says the export demand from Asia has been the cloud's silver lining.
"The export picture at the moment is challenging, particularly in the UK and the US but... we have terrific growth currently out of Hong Kong out of China and out of Japan," he said.
"I think the challenging start to this season may give us some upside in what was otherwise going to be difficult in terms of managing oversupply or managing supply and demand in general," he said.
But Mr Henry says the harvest is still a "picture in motion" and the success of the season will not be certain until the harvest is concluded.
