Interviews and News for Australia |
UK Wine Show 30 Aged Semillon with Phil Ryan, Mount Pleasant |
 | Phil Ryan is Chief Winemaker at Mount Pleasant in Hunter Valley and has been with parent company McWilliams for 41 years. Phil takes us through a vertical tasting of Semillons and explains how the wine's character changes as it ages. |
UK Wine Show 20 Granite Belt Australia's least known wine region Leanne Gangemi Ballandean |
 | The Granite Belt in Queensland, Australia is at 28 degrees latitude - outside the normal range for growing grapes. Chris met up with Leanne Gangemi of Ballandean winery to find out how they are able to successfully make good wine. |
UK Wine Show 101 Hugo Sharp and The Oz Wine Show |
 | Hugo Sharp set up the first Australian wine podcast, The OZ Wine Show, in 2005. We caught up with him in Sydney to find out about the podcast and chat about Australian wine. |
UK Wine Show 102 Philip Shaw on the Orange Wine Region |
 | Philip Shaw has been making wine in Australia for more than 4 decades and has his own vineyard in Orange, just west of Sydney. Philip tells us about the region and the wines he is producing. |
UK Wine Show 113 David Paxton on the Australian drought and water management |
 | David Paxton is one of Australia's best known viticulturists and consultants. He founded Paxton Vineyards in McLaren Vale, South Australia in 1979. We ask him about the Australian drought and how water is being managed in McLaren Vale. |
Riverina beats drought to produce bumper crop |
Riverina, the largest wine-producing region in New South Wales, has harvested a record-breaking crop of grapes |
Morrisons to sell Chinese wine |
Morrisons has started to sell Chinese wine |
France takes away most medals in IWC competition |
France has come top of the medal table at this year’s International Wine Challenge |
Consumers still confused and unconfident about wine |
Recent research by Australian brand Hardys has shown that consumers are still confused about wine. |
Carbon neutral is aim for more grape growers |
More wineries are setting their sights on becoming carbon neutral in order to avoid contributing to climate change. |
British set to be biggest wine spenders in Europe |
UK drinkers are predicted to become the biggest European spenders on wine within the next three years. |
Oz harvest bigger and better than expected |
Australia’s 2008 grape harvest has come in above expectations in both size and quality, according to the WFA. |
Online tool helps wine industry track carbon footprint |
A carbon calculator has been developed for the wine industry to help producers assess the environmental impact of their activities. |
ThirtyFifty launches tastings in Oz |
UK tasting company ThirtyFifty is launching down under.
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Constellation to reduce presence in Australia |
Constellation Brands is looking to sell three of its ten wineries in Australia |
American wine overtakes France |
American wine sales have overtaken French wine sales in the UK for the first time ever. |
Rain at last in Oz vineyards |
Above average rainfall across Australian vineyards will help rebuild water levels during a long period of drought. |
Australia to lose last of Europe's wine names |
The Australian wine industry will soon phase out the last of the traditional European names that are still in use for its wines. |
Foster's group to keep wine business |
Following a review of its wine assets which started in June 2008, Foster's is to retain its wine business but run it as a separate entity to its beer business.
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Penfolds 2004 Grange released |
Penfolds has released the 2004 vintage of the legendary Grange at £170 a bottle. |
Wine company pulls out of Australia campaign |
Wine company Australian Vintage whose brands include McGuigan and Tempus Two is pulling its funding for this year’s UK generic marketing campaign by Wine Australia. |
Constellation terminates 300 contracts |
Australia's biggest buyer of wine grapes, Constellation Wines, has advised 300 growers in the Murray Valley that their contracts will be terminated after the 2012 vintage. |
French wine banned in Australia for masquerading as Kiwi wine |
A French Sauvignon Blanc, called Kiwi Cuvee, has been prevented from being sold in Australia because of its name. |
New tools to tackle Australia's wine glut |
A new initiative has been launched in Australia to help producers evaluate the viability of their vineyards and encourage some of them to grub up vines. |
Aussie's make less but we're drinking more |
Australia's grape crush was down 5.4% in 2008-09 weighing in at 1.7 million tonnes while exports were up 5.2%. |
Australia still too big say Rabobank |
A report by food and agribusiness bank Rabobank says the process of removing vineyards to reduce Australia's over-supply of grapes is too slow. |
