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Government to strengthen wine export regulation
WFA has been working with the Australian government for a number of months, investigating options to strengthen the wine export regulatory system to deal with potential intellectual property infringements. The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) released a consultation paper and call for industry feedback on a proposal, to develop a new Wine Export Label […]
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Regenerative farming for wine the focus for new Nuffield Scholar
Richard Leask, from McLaren Vale South Australia, has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship supported by Wine Australia to research best-practice regenerative farming systems across the wine sector. Leask’s research aims to understand how to successfully transition to regenerative farming from more chemically intensive models. He will explore the key drivers that initiated transitions, the role […]
Read more >This time it’s not the big guns standing out at Canberra’s wine show
It’s the third day of the Canberra and Region Wine Show and the big guns have come out to play. There have been a record number of entries for the 2018 show, 330 wines are being judged in 2018, including 40 Shirazes, 40 Rieslings and 30 Chardonnays. Source, Canberra Times
Read more >Penfolds brings recorking clinics back to Australia
Penfolds is bringing its recorking clinics back to Australia in November, with its winemakers offering ‘the ultimate wine health-checks’ on aged Penfolds wines. The clinics allow anyone with any Penfolds red wine aged 15 years or older, the opportunity to have their prized bottles opened and visually inspected, quality assessed, topped, certified, and re-capsuled, arresting […]
Read more >Close – but no cigar: how does Chile rate as a competitor to Australia in the world wine market?
In many ways, as a wine-producing country, Chile is a lot like Australia. This makes it important to understand the Chilean wine sector, and how it rates as a competitor when it comes to global wine customers. Source, Wine Australia
Read more >Research aims to help grapegrowers deal with climate change challenges
A research team from the University of Tasmania (UTAS) is using climate science to provide the Australian grape and wine community with information on dealing with climate change. The team has provided tools and practical management options to help the industry face the challenges of short-term climate cycles and long-term climate change. Source, Food & […]
Read more >Treasury Wine’s Squealing Pig heads to global market
Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates will launch one of its fastest-growing local brands into the United States and United Kingdom early in 2019 to try and capitalise on a global shift by consumers into lighter, refreshing wines as the Rosè category produces strong growth. Source, Australian Financial Review
Read more >Merger of Australian Vignerons and Winemakers’ Federation of Australia proposed
Australian Vignerons has written to its members advising that its board and that of the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia are in the process of formally discussing what a merger of the two organisations would look like. Chief executive of Australian Vignerons Anna Hooper said in the email that the two organisations had been holding discussions […]
Read more >What’s in a name? A look into awareness of Australia’s wine producing regions
What’s the best-known wine region in China? For Chinese upper middle class imported wine drinkers surveyed by Wine Intelligence in 2018, Bordeaux was ranked number one for awareness with a 52% recall. This was followed by Ningxia Province in China and Provence in France. Of Australian wine regions, these Chinese consumers were most aware of […]
Read more >Finalists announced for 2018 ASVO Winemaker of the year
The Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology (ASVO) have announced the finalists for the 2018 ASVO Winemaker of the year award. The ASVO Awards for excellence are now in their 6th year and continue to grow. ASVO president Dr Tony Robinson said the awards highlight the achievements of dedicated professionals in the wine industry. “As […]
Read more >A review of two wines from the vineyard founded by Australia’s ‘greatest wine reviewer’
When a couple of Coldstream Hill wines landed on the desk of author, Frank Wilden, it reminded him that the doyen of Australian wine, James Halliday AM, had recently achieved O.B.E status: Over Bloody Eighty. James secured his place long ago from accolades achieved over the years; the most directly relevant to this piece was […]
Read more >Global harvest 2018: ‘good, average’
The global wine harvest in 2018 looks like it will return to an average size, easing supply pressures and potentially softening prices. However, demand for Australian wine remains strong against the overall trend, reflected in higher winegrape prices. Source, Wine Australia
Read more >What price provenance?
Reluctant to write of wines he has not actually consumed, Phillip White is nevertheless attracted to fancy releases of great price, and how they tend to be launched. Such things seem to come and go; some, one-offs like Peter Gago’s astonishing Penfolds Ampoule ($168,000), or his Penfolds G3 ($3000), sell in flash, rarely to reappear […]
Read more >ABS statistics show wine within a whisker of beer’s consumption crown
Wine is within a whisker of overtaking beer as the biggest contributor to overall pure alcohol consumption in Australia. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show a 3.4 percent downturn in pure alcohol from beer in the last financial year, at the same time wine consumption grew 0.4 percent. Source, Perth Now
Read more >Watering down the impact of climate change on vineyards
Watering dormant vines during winter in dry seasons is far more effective at maintaining yields and quality than waiting until spring, a three-year study in South Australia has found. Led by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) in conjunction with the CSIRO and funded by Wine Australia, the study aims to develop strategies […]
Read more >Headwinds and tailwinds: global economic conditions that could impact wine
At last week’s Exporter Update 2018 in Adelaide, Cassandra Winzenried, Chief Economist at Efic (the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation), gave the audience an overview of global economic conditions and how these could affect Australian wine exports in the next few years. Saying she was ‘paid to worry’, Cassandra reviewed the current risk factors affecting […]
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