Category: Australian Wine Industry News
Global demand is steady for Australian wine
Steady demand for Australian wine around the world has seen growth in value to all top-five export markets and a four percent increase in overall value to $2.998 billion, according to Wine Australia’s latest export report. In the 12 months ending in September 2020, the average value of Australian wine exports increased by four percent […]
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Australian wine exports to China figures point to rush before possible tariffs
Australia’s red wine exports to China have soared as the industry continues to fear Beijing will impose tariffs amid simmering trade tensions between the nations. While the Chinese wine investigations are expected to take some time – with companies including Treasury Wine Estates taking part in lengthy questionnaires as part of the probe – it […]
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Biosecurity alert: Fall armyworm
Image: A larva of the fall armyworm. Image courtesy of Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Recent detections of fall armyworm in New South Wales and its continuing spread southwards at pace have prompted the issuing of this Biosecurity Alert to raise the wine industry’s awareness of this pest. Fall armyworm is an exotic plant […]
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Work begins on national Wine Industry Code of Practice for heavy vehicles
Image: Cold Ridge. Photo courtesy of Riverland Wines. Photo by Italo Vardaro More than 1.5 million tonnes of winegrapes were crushed across Australia in 2020 and most of these were transported to wineries by heavy vehicles using public roads. With heavy vehicle use comes extensive legal obligations of drivers, wineries, grapegrowers and vineyard contractors for […]
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AWRI reacts to plagiarism claims
Australia’s wine institutions have been rocked by claims of plagiarism. Today, one of those institutions hit back. Is it plagiarism? Or a case of misunderstanding? That’s the question at the heart of a dispute involving some of Australia’s leading wine institutions.
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TWE leads change in addressing parental leave inequities
Australia’s largest wine company, Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is enhancing its parental support offering as it works toward achieving 50 percent female representation in leadership roles by 2025. TWE has today announced industry-leading parental support benefits for its employees in Australia, designed to champion gender equality and inclusion. The progressive policy provides men and women […]
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Digital Wine Ventures to acquire Wine Delivery Australia
Image: WINEDEPOT CEO Dean Taylor Digital Wine Ventures (DW8) has entered into an agreement to acquire Wine Delivery Australia Pty Ltd, a South Australian based company that offers a fulfilment service to wineries that allows them to dispatch customer orders directly from their cellar doors more economically than through the mainstream carriers. The acquisition will […]
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Wineries find the direct route to consumers pays dividends in 2020
Wine sales direct to consumers (DtC) grew by seven percent in value in 2019–20, outperforming other sales channels, according to the results of Wine Australia’s Wine Direct-to-Consumer survey report 2020. Overall, wine sales via all channels declined by 3% during the same period. Across the sector, DtC sales make up an estimated 17% of the […]
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Tasmanian wine producers increase focus on sustainability
Image: Wine Tasmania & Ilona Schneider Wine Tasmania has released its 2020 report on sustainability practices across its VinØ (‘vin zero’) Program members and launched the new program for 2021. The VinØ Program takes Tasmanian wine producers through a detailed, user-friendly resource to help them measure, benchmark and improve their management and sustainability practices. In […]
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Retailers enthusiastic about new sustainability trust mark
Image: Andrew Shedden, Endeavour Drinks Group head of fine wine. By Samuel Squire Drinks retailers are reacting positively to the launch of a new sustainability trust mark, saying it will aid the purchase decisions of conscientious consumers. The new logo, launched by Sustainable Winegrowing Australia (SWA), will help sustainably produced wines, and other alcoholic beverages, […]
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Orange: record visitor numbers deliver economic boost
A record number of visitors entered the Orange Visitors Centre over the long weekend, more than double the number from last year. Border closures and international travel bans due to COVID-19 have kept NSW visitors closer to home this year and Orange has been reaping the benefits, according to Orange Mayor Reg Kidd. “We are […]
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Budget highlights agriculture key to economic recovery
Australian Grape & Wine says it is pleased the Federal Government has recognised the importance of the agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing sector, in helping to drive Australia’s economic recovery in this year’s federal budget. Key announcements supporting Australia’s vital trade and tourism sectors, of which the grape and wine sector plays such an important […]
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Australian distiller figures way to use smoke-tainted winegrapes in spirits
An Australian distiller with a background in wine, and a winemaker with a background in spirits, has devised methods to make spirits from smoke-tainted grapes, and created an alternative to dumping smoke-damaged fruit. While this might all sound like cold comfort for those currently faced with devastating wildfires in the US, it also presents an […]
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Primary producer fire recovery support expanded
The Victorian Government is backing grapegrowers facing ongoing impacts from last summer’s devastating bushfires as part of joint recovery efforts with the Commonwealth Government. Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes has announced new funding through disaster recovery funding arrangements to help grapegrowers in local government areas outside bushfire zones who have nonetheless had their crops affected […]
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Hybrid drinks trend continues with canned ‘Ginsecco’
By Samuel Squire In another move towards drinks innovation, quirky wine brand Squealing Pig has again dived head first into the hybrid drinks trend with the release of its Ginsecco spritzer. The product includes the same base gin (with 10 botanicals), as featured in Squealing Pig’s rosé gin, together with Squealing Pig Prosecco and soda, […]
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Australian research delivers expanded smoke taint toolkit
The Australian grape and wine community has grown its defences against the impacts of smoke from controlled burns and bushfires with recently completed research providing clarity on mitigation and treatment. Teams at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), La Trobe University and Agriculture Victoria led the multi-faceted project spanning three-and-a half years, aiming to reduce […]
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