Category: Australian Wine Industry News
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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Industry bodies welcome funding to improve winegrape price transparency
Wine industry organisations say funding secured from the Federal Government to build an online winegrape price indicator platform, aimed at improving market transparency and informing business decision-making, is a win for the sector. The $989,000 grant was announced by the Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud, at a press conference in Canberra yesterday Once developed, the […]
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Applications for the ASVO Scholarship to attend the AWRI Advanced Viticulture Course now open
The ASVO says it is pleased to announce that applications for the ASVO scholarship to attend the AWRI Advanced Viticulture Course (AVC) have opened this week. The Scholarship is part of the highly valued ASVO Awards for Excellence program which has attracted a high calibre of entrants and is now recognised within the industry as […]
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Bumper harvest underway on Qld Granite Belt as vines recover from drought
Generational growers at Ballandean Estate, Queensland’s oldest family-owned and operated winery, are hailing vintage 2022 right on track to make up for years of drought, bushfire and hail. “We’ve had the wettest year in over 30 years on the Granite Belt. Combining that with an exceptionally cool spring and summer is delivering an abundance of […]
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Nominations now open for the 2022 ASVO Scholarship to attend AWAC
The 2022 ASVO Scholarship to attend the Advanced Wine Assessment Course (AWAC) applications have opened this week. The ASVO Scholarship is a nationally competitive scholarship which offers high-achieving individuals an opportunity to undertake professional development in wine assessment. The ASVO Scholarship is part of the highly valued ASVO Awards for Excellence program which has attracted […]
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WCA celebrates 2021 Wine Communicator Awards
2021 Wine Communicator of the Year Katie Spain Last night saw Wine Communicators of Australia (WCA) announce the winners of the 2021 Wine Communicator Awards eleven categories, including the overall Wine Communicator of the Year. The annual Wine Communicator Awards recognises outstanding contribution to, and excellence in, wine communication in all its forms. Now […]
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Australian wine exports reflect challenging year
Australian wine exports decreased by 24 per cent in value to $2.27 billion and 17% in volume to 638 million litres in the year ended September 2021, according to Wine Australia’s latest Export Report released today. Average value also declined by 9 per cent to $3.56 per litre free on board (FOB). The decline was […]
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Wine Australia thanks outgoing marketing GM Stuart Barclay
The Wine Australia Board has thanked the general manager of marketing Stuart Barclay for his instrumental role in leading Wine Australia’s global marketing strategy over the past seven years. Stuart will finish at Wine Australia in December 2021 and Brooke Beales will become acting general manager of marketing, while the recruitment process is underway. Wine […]
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WineDepot acquires 100 per cent of Kaddy
WineDepot has dramatically strengthened its position at the forefront of the digital alcoholic beverages market, announcing the acquisition of Kaddy and the merger of the two businesses to form Australia’s largest alcohol-focused cloud-based logistics and marketplace platform. WineDepot CEO Dean Taylor said that uniting with another leading innovator that strongly complements the business would substantially […]
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Wine innovation driving growth
The Australian wine industry has an enviable reputation for innovation from grape to glass. In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic wine industry leader Matthew Moate saw the opportunity to leverage the knowledge and connections he’d built over 20 years in various business and industry roles to offer a consulting service for new and innovative […]
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Australia’s wine exporters find new markets amid China’s ‘economic coercion’
Australia’s wine exports to Singapore and Germany have surged as producers look to markets other than China in the face of “economic coercion” by Beijing. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said now more than ever Australian businesses need to diversify their export markets and not be overly reliant on Chinese consumers.
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TWE switches to sunshine as it announces RE100 membership
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has announced it is joining the RE100 global renewable power initiative as part of the premium wine company’s commitment to switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2024 across its global operations. TWE’s premium wine brands, including Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Pepperjack, Wynns, and Squealing Pig, will make their wines using 100% renewable […]
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