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Yealands brings home gold from global sustainability awards
New Zealand wine producer, Yealands Wine Group, has won two golds at the 2022 International Green Apple Awards for its biodiversity plan. Yealands attended a special awards ceremony at London’s Houses of Parliament on Monday to acknowledge the company’s goals to create a more biodiverse environment. Yealands topped the Regeneration and Carbon Reduction categories at […]
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Tassie wine producers celebrate 2022 triumphs
Photo: Wine Tasmania’s viticulture and winemaking officer Paul Smart A wide range of achievements by Tasmanian wine and its producers during 2022 were celebrated at last night’s third annual Tassie Wine Stars event — a celebration of all things Tasmanian wine — held at Puddleduck Vineyard in Richmond. The event included the 2022 VinØ (‘vin […]
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Wet and warm conditions increase mildew pressure across inland regions
A spring defined by heavy rains and a warm start to summer has meant that mildew pressure in the warmer inland regions is high. Harrison Davies spoke with inland wine associations about how they were helping growers face this pressure. Growers in the Riverland, Murray Darling and Riverina winegrowing regions were faced with a […]
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Fiano tasting – entries open!
Australia’s Fiano producers are invited to enter a forthcoming tasting of the Italian varietal by the Wine & Viticulture Journal. The number of wineries in Australia making Fiano has increased substantially since 2017 which was the last time the Journal tasted Fiano. In that year, its sister publication, the Wine Industry Directory, listed just over […]
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Australian Highlands Wine Show – ‘Wines with Altitude’ winners announced
This year’s Australian Highlands Wine Show ‘Wines with Altitude’ were announced last week at Southern Highlands Winery in Sutton Forest. The only of its kind in Australia – and now entering its 12th year, the Australian Highlands Wine Show ‘Wines with Altitude’ event showcases and awards the best of Australia’s cool climate wines grown in […]
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Where do we go from here?: Future focus at 2022 Wine Industry IMPACT Conference
Photo: IMPACT Conference MC and wine writer Jeremy Oliver, Wine Tourism Australia founder Robin Shaw and Destiny Bay owner and winemaker Sean Spratt. By Harrison Davies The 2022 Wine Industry IMPACT Conference, hosted by WISA, has kicked off this week in Bendigo, Victoria. Delegates from across the wine industry supply chain descended on the […]
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New 2023 guide to Tasmanian wine trails released
Photo: Jansz vineyard. Image courtesy of Sheralee Davies and Wine Tasmania Wine Tasmania has announced the release of a new 2023 Tasmanian Wine Trails publication, a free guide to the island’s best wine experiences and complementary activities. With increasing numbers of visitors to Tasmania travelling to experience the state’s wines and visit cellar doors, […]
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Viticulture doyen Peter Hayes AM wins prestigious Legend of the Vine Award
Peter Hayes was named the SA Legend of the Vine in front of many of his wine industry associates and colleagues at the WCA Royal Adelaide Wine and Spirits Show Trophy Winners Lunch last Friday. The prestigious award recognises Hayes’ outstanding contribution to the industry. His diverse career spans over 30 years and includes lasting […]
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Success of ProWine Singapore 2022 demonstrates strong demand in SE Asia’s growing wines business
ProWine Singapore 2022, Southeast Asia’s first post-pandemic in-person dedicated trade fair for the wine and spirits sector, saw tremendous success, bringing together 230 high-quality exhibitors from 27 countries and regions to meet with 8,500 visitors from around the world. This represents a close to 20% increase in visitors compared to the last edition held in […]
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Trinity Hill’s Douw Grobler crowned North Island Young Winemaker of the Year
Douw Grobler from Trinity Hill in Hawke’s Bay, has become the 2022 Tonnellerie de Mercurey North Island Young Winemaker of the Year. The competition was held on 8th September at EIT in Hawke’s Bay with the winners announced at an awards dinner the same evening. “All that hard work finally paid off,” Douw said proudly. […]
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Grapegrowers urged to quit
By ALEXANDRA LASKIE Source: The Weekly Times Red winegrape growers are being urged to consider pulling out their grapes as the industry battles plummeting prices, a glut of wine and soaring farm input costs. Warmer, inland regions are at the epicentre of what is shaping up to be a major downturn in the industry, with […]
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SA wine businesses requested to respond to annual wine survey
Bentleys SA and the South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) have called on the state’s wine operators to complete the 6th annual SA Wine Industry Survey. The survey is now open for three weeks, closing on Monday 8 August, to collect the opinions and experiences of wine industry operators in South Australia. The survey is […]
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Nation’s finest put to the test at 2022 KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show
Sydney is host to some of Australia’s finest wines this week, as one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious wine competitions, the KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show, gets underway at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. Kicking-off yesterday, the four-day competition will welcome over 1,800 of the country’s best wines, to be swirled, sniffed, tasted, […]
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Victoria welcomes 2022 Wine Industry Impact Conference
Wine industry leaders, business owners and their teams, suppliers, and stakeholders, will head to Bendigo, Victoria this October for the third Wine Industry IMPACT Conference (WIIC). Presented by Wine Industry Suppliers Association, the national wine business conference will be held at All Seasons Resort Hotel in Bendigo from 10-11 October. At a time when independent […]
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Wine exports continue anticipated decline as challenging market conditions persist
Australian wine exports declined by 10 per cent in volume to 625 million litres and 19 per cent in value to $2.08 billion in the year ended 30 June 2022, according to Wine Australia’s latest Export Report released today. The decline in volume and value was not unexpected, as it was largely the result of […]
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PACKWINE Design Awards now open for entries: Does your wine packaging have what it takes to win in 2022?
When it comes to design, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and wine producers know that standing out in the market can lead to sales success. After huge success in its inaugural year, the PACKWINE Design Awards are back in 2022 to recognise the best of the best product designs in the wine […]
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