Things are pretty wobbly in the local wine industry right now. Whether it's grape growers protesting unsustainable fruit prices on the streets of Renmark (where even Shiraz is going for just …
Penfolds have announced this week that they're going to become a truly international winemaker, revealing plans to begin making a Napa Valley red and a Champagne. No, I didn't make that …
WET Rebate round 4 - a new, somewhat fairer deal released Following months of lobbying and consultation, the federal government today announced new updates to the WET rebate reforms from this …
Following on from round 1 and round 2 of the developing WET rebate issue, the Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer has now released a new press release which somewhat clarifies the …
Update 6th May: A few reactions to show you what some of the producers are saying on twitter: Changes to eligibility criteria for the WET rebate in #budget2016 may stop corporate …
In amongst the details from last night's 2016 federal budget, there was one 'reform' announced that has the potential to devastate small Australian wine producers... According to this joint media release …
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) have announced some 'supply chain optimisation' moves. In particular the Seppelt Great Western cellar door will be closing and some Great Western vineyards sold. The move is …
Wirra Wirra scoops up Ashton Hills In a move that a part of me is envious of, McLaren Vale's Wirra Wirra winery announced today that they have purchased iconic Adelaide Hills …
I was fiddling around in Google Trends (www.google.com/trends - Essentially a tool to gauge what people are searching for on Google's search engine relative to the volume of overall Google …
The 2010 Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show has announced its winners tonight, with - as usual - plenty of controversial winners.I've reproduced the trophy winners below, but for a …
The results of the 2009 National (Australian) Wine Show were announced in Canberra tonight,and now the winners have been announced lifted I can publish the particularly interesting trophy results (below).Of …
Here are the gold medal winner from the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. I'm listing them here in full as they paint an interesting picture of who wins what at …
