Off-trade reports premium domestic wine sales up 8% September 20, 2020 Sales of Australian wine in the domestic off-trade market have grown by 1.3% in volume and 4.2% in value in the 12 months according to Wine Australia. Read More »
Jacob’s Creek triumphs at 2017 International Rose Competition September 19, 2020 Pernod Ricard’s Jacob’s Creek took out three Gold, three Silver and one Bronze medal at the 2017 Drink Pink Vino International Rose Competition. Read More »
Howard Park wins Best Australian Sparkling at 2017 CSWWC September 18, 2020 Margaret River’s Howard Park Wines NV Jeté Brut Blanc has won Best Australian Sparkling Wine at the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2017. Read More »
Penfolds reveals personal stories behind rare Grange bottles September 18, 2020 Penfolds has partnered with National Geographic to create a Digital Series ‘A Story in Every Bottle’ to unearth stories behind rare wines from around the world. Read More »
AWRI welcomes Wendy Cameron as a board member September 14, 2020 The Australian Wine Research Institute has welcomed former Brown Brothers chief winemaker Wendy Cameron, Dr John Harvey of Bathe Wines and Iain Jones of Treasury Wine Estates to its board. Read More »
Australia dominates 2017 Global Syrah Masters September 13, 2020 Australia has shown its the world leader in Shiraz, scoring six of the 10 Masters awarded at the drinks business 2017 Global Syrah Masters. Read More »
Hunter vigneron says $50m support package neglects domestic tourism August 30, 2020 Vigneron Andrew Margan has expressed concern that the $50million government support package will not benefit the Hunter Valley. Read More »
Further detections of vineyard virus ‘phylloxera’ found in Victoria August 28, 2020 Australia is now suffering its second major vineyard virus detection: phylloxera, after the grapevine pinot gris virus (GPGV) was detected in Australia earlier this year. Read More »
2017 Australian Women in Wine Awards announce finalists August 22, 2020 Congratulations to the finalists of the 2017 Australian Women in Wine Awards. Read More »
Winemaker Trevor Jones admits to destroying Kellermeister wine August 21, 2020 Prominent Barossa Valley winemaker Trevor Jones has pleaded guilty to deliberately destroying more than $60,000 worth of Kellermeister wines. Read More »