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Australia Wine Exports Hit as Aussie Surge Aids Bordeaux: Re...

Australia’s wine lovers are embracing European bottles as never before, exacerbating a decline in the local industry already suffering from plummeting exports. With the Australian dollar at record levels against the euro, importe [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Strong sale in China helps Australian winery

Winemakers are facing a perfect storm of adversity, writes Eli Greenblat. The nation's biggest and best-known family-owned wine companies have posted flat revenue and shrinking earnings for the past financial year, as the sector faces [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian winemakers tempt Chinese palates to secure future

Australian winemakers are setting up replica cellar doors in China and running wine clubs and tastings as they intensify efforts to win Chinese buyers in a bid to offset shrinking demand in their traditional British and U.S. markets. T [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian wine seeks new markets amid falling sales

New figures show sales of Australian wine have fallen sharply as the industry faces its worst slowdown in a decade and a half. Growers here talk of the "perfect storm" whipped up by a strong currency, oversupply and cautious con [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Fine wine with Australian wine index

The Australian wine index tells that what exactly is a fine wine - it is a nebulous area to provide a definitive assessment on the quality of wine due to varied personal preference. However, a fine wine must meet certain base objective re [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian wine industry rallies behind flood victims

Flood ravaged vineyards, some of which have lost their entire crops, have joined the Australian wine industry in an unprecedented show of generosity by the industry for victims of the floods.Three hundred vineyards and wineries have dona [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine production in China to surpass Australia in three years

An industry report has shown that Chinese wine output could outpace Australia by 2014, producing as many as 218 million cases of wine! Various media have picked up the story this week, and talk about things like how China's got its o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Chinese Wine Student Wins Travel Scholarship to Australia

The winner of the Wine Australia Travel Scholarship in association with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) in greater China has been announced. Mr Jim Yang from Beijing will be awarded the prestigious Scholarship, which wa [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Top winemaker selling Australian, British unit

Constellation Brands Inc. said Thursday it is selling 80 percent of its Australian and British wine business to an Australian private equity firm for about $230 million, losing its distinction as the world's biggest wine company. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Australia to use EU wine label system

Australia has signed an agreement with the European Union to stop labeling Australian wine with names such as burgundy, port and claret. In exchange, Australian wine makers will have protection for 112 of its "geographical indicator [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Australian Winemakers Get A Kick From Champagne

Australian Winemakers Get A Kick From Champagne: A trade agreement between Australia and the European Union comes into force today, which requires wine producers to phase out the use of names such as Champagne and Port. The agreemen [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Discover South Australia's wine country

South Australia is the undisputed capital of the Australian wine industry - regions such as the Barossa, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra are familiar to aficionados around the globe. While South Australia produces more wine grapes than [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Australian wine woes - hangover for Constellation

One of the world's biggest winemakers, has booked $US100 million ($A107 million) in impairments against its embattled Australian wine business and warned of flat growth in the United States this year as high unemployment saps sales a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

War of the wines hots up between Australia and New Zealand

Sales of chardonnay have fallen sharply, giving ground to the more trendy sauvignon blanc, making some in the Australian varietal wine sector shake instead of swirl and sniff. Global beverages firm Foster's Group Ltd this week convened a c [...]