Category: Australian Wine Industry News
Devil’s Lair marks its pearl anniversary
Image: Ben Miller, Devil’s Lair senior winemaker By Samuel Squire Cabernet powerhouse Devil’s Lair has this year marked its 30th year of winemaking and viticulture in the Margaret River wine region. Senior winemaker of Devil’s Lair Ben Miller said the foundations of the winery’s capacity to produce such high quality wines began in the 1980s. […]
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Insiders say China’s anti-dumping investigation is politically motivated
Some established and well-known Australian wines can be found heavily discounted on Chinese e-commerce sites, but most such listings show them being sold at similar or higher prices compared with those Down Under. And rather than indicate that Australian wine is being systemically dumped at low prices in China, industry experts say political motivations seem […]
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Treasury Wine Estates a buy on selloff after China spat
Treasury Wine Estates has gotten hammered after a disagreement between China and Australia. Treasury’s stock has taken a hit as China and Australia have had a run-in over COVID-19. The Australian government wanted to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, and the Chinese government has taken umbrage.
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Australian wine producers voice concerns over tense trade relations
Image: Richard Dolan. By Samuel Squire Australian wine producers are coming forward to say their piece about China’s anti-dumping investigation and its potential impacts on Australian wine exports. In recent weeks, China has targeted the Australian wine industry, with Chinese authorities alleging that Australian wine exporters were deliberately low-balling their prices to gain a larger […]
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Industry-first wine payment service to Australian and NZ producers launches
Vin-Exchange (VINEX), the global wine industry supply-chain innovator has announced a new wine payment platform called VINPay, which enables wine producers to better manage their working capital during the present challenging economic times. Following a successful trial earlier in the year, wine producers from Australia and New Zealand are now transacting their invoices through VINPay […]
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Australia ready to fight China over wine dispute
The federal government is prepared to fight Beijing at the World Trade Organisation after the Chinese Ministry of Commerce launched an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine. Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud said on ABC Insiders on Sunday morning the government was willing to challenge any allegations local winemakers dumped bottles under two litres into China […]
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MacroBusiness: Australia must prepare for the collapse of China trade
China’s targeting of Australia’s highly successful $1.1bn wine export market, the latest threat in its campaign of trade retaliation, is a small cog in the larger global revolution where the US and China are decoupling in trade and technology — the lurch into a potentially demoralising long-run confrontation.
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WineEng 2020 winery survey: automation desired, COVID-19 doesn’t affect future purchases
COVID-19 has had little effect on the purchase intentions for wine producers, while automated tasks remain a desired goal, according to a survey conducted as part of the WineEng 2020 Forum & Trade Review.
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Australian Government categorically rejects Chinese dumping allegations against wine exporters
The Australian Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has strongly defended Australia’s wine industry against allegations of dumping by Chinese authorities. “Our farmers are amongst the most efficient and least subsidised producers in the world – recognised as second only to New Zealand in our levels of support,” Minister Littleproud said. Amid tense Australian-Chinese trade relations, […]
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Canberra Winery loses crop to smoke makes gin instead
Canberra District winery Four Winds Vineyard lost their crop to smoke from the summer’s bushfires this year but has taken the opportunity to use its grapes to make a Riesling gin. The business teamed up with local distiller The Canberra Distillery to produce the gin. Four Winds Vineyard CEO, Sarah Collingwood, said that it was […]
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Wine Industry Directory 2021
Did you know we have daily visitors to our online Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Directory who are seeing online business listings from grapegrowers, winemakers, supplier, and more. Is your listing up to date? It’s important that you check and update your online listing. Not only will you ensure that your online details are correct, you’ll also make […]
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Wilyabrup producers believe formal recognition of the GI is inevitable
Image: Wine Australia The dream of an officially recognised Wilyabrup sub-region within the greater Margaret River wine appellation remains well and truly alive according to the five premium producers behind a push for Wilyabrup’s recognition. In December 2019, following a formal application to Wine Australia lodged in 2017 [Attached] by the group comprising some of […]
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Video: The Barossa’s new regional wine vault promises perfection, aged
As part of The Barossa Cellar’s development, a 3,000 bottle underground, climate-controlled wine vault has been constructed to house some of the region’s best drops. The site also houses a 252m2 cellar which can hold over 80,000 bottles of wine, varying in size from standard 750ml bottles and even some of the extravagantly-sized 9-litre ‘Salmanazars’. […]
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$1m Grant program for Australian wine businesses to drive exports
Australian small and medium wine producers can apply for grants of up to $25,000 to support their export promotion activities in international markets and drive export growth. One million dollars has been allocated to the Wine Export Grants program for a second round of grants as part of the Australian Government’s $50 million Export and […]
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Register now for the free WineEng 2020 online webinar
The Winery Engineering Association (WEA) and Winetitles Media have partnered to present the virtual WineEng 2020 Forum and Trade Review this September. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing the WEA to cancel this year’s live event, a virtually-published and free on-demand webinar will now ‘fill the vacuum’ for 2020. Each year, WineEng brings together winemakers, winery […]
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Report: Building e-commerce capability vital for future of wine industry
Image: Hayden Higgins With COVID-19 slowing wine consumption in most major markets around the world and the on-premise channel expected to face a prolonged recovery, global wineries – including those in Australia – have been urged to look at developing stronger digital capabilities. In a new report, COVID-19 and the US premium wine market, part […]
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