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Penfolds Grange the Iconic Australian wine has broken all records for any Australian wine sold at auction. The 1951 vintage was the first Penfolds wine ever produced to sport the Grange label. It sold for A$142,131 (£76,750)
The wine bottle was sold at Langton’s auction this weekend, along with a number of other Penfolds wines. It is thought that there are only 35 bottles left of the 1951 vintage.
A bottle of 1951 Penfolds Bin 1 Grange has sold for a record price of AUS $54000.
Penfolds has released the 2004 vintage of the legendary Grange at £170 a bottle.
Penfolds has held its first re-corking clinic in London since 2008.
Penfolds is shifting the traditional marketing approach to wine with Champagne and Napa reds for the Australian brand.
For first time Dalefold wines has been banned from exporting its wines over concern its branding may be confused with Penfolds.
Penfolds has finally registered its Penfolds brand name in China. The Ben Fu trade mark has taken Penfolds 25 years to be registered.
Penfolds Grange, the iconic Australian wine, has broken all records for any Australian wine sold at auction. A bottle of the 1951 vintage sold at A$142,131 (£76,750) and was the first Penfolds wine ever to sport the Grange label.
Penfolds is to launch a wine made in China to get around China's punitive taxes on Australia
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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.
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.
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.
Lisa McGovern is regional director of Wine Australia for the UK, Europe and Ireland. We find out about the strategy and plans for the promotion of Australian wine.
We interview Tim Smith and Matthew McCulloch of Chateau Tanunda, Barossa Valley to bring us up to speed with what's happening in the Barossa and Australia.
Riverina, the largest wine-producing region in New South Wales, has harvested a record-breaking crop of grapes
France has come top of the medal table at this year’s International Wine Challenge
Recent research by Australian brand Hardys has shown that consumers are still confused about wine.
More wineries are setting their sights on becoming carbon neutral in order to avoid contributing to climate change.
UK drinkers are predicted to become the biggest European spenders on wine within the next three years.
Australia’s 2008 grape harvest has come in above expectations in both size and quality, according to the WFA.
A carbon calculator has been developed for the wine industry to help producers assess the environmental impact of their activities.
New Zealand’s grape harvest has come in 39% bigger than last year.
UK tasting company ThirtyFifty is launching down under.
Constellation Brands is looking to sell three of its ten wineries in Australia
American wine sales have overtaken French wine sales in the UK for the first time ever.
Above average rainfall across Australian vineyards will help rebuild water levels during a long period of drought.
The Australian wine industry will soon phase out the last of the traditional European names that are still in use for its wines.
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.
Penfolds has released the 2004 vintage of the legendary Grange at £170 a bottle.
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.
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.
A French Sauvignon Blanc, called Kiwi Cuvee, has been prevented from being sold in Australia because of its name.
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.
Australia's grape crush was down 5.4% in 2008-09 weighing in at 1.7 million tonnes while exports were up 5.2%.
A former boss of Rivers Wines in Adelaide has been found guilty of selling Chardonnay adulterated with Sultana grape juice.
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.
Treasury Wine Estates withdraw support from Wine Australia UK campaign.
Rock band AC/DC has teamed up with Australian winery Warburn Estate to launch a range of wines.
The high Australian dollar is causing Jacob's Creek to bottle wine offshore rather than locally in Australia to offset the cost of the rising dollar.
Motorhead joins a long list of celebrities who are dabbling in the wine trade.
Australian winemakers to reset the biological clock of vines to improve grape quality.
Australia has dropped the requirement that all wines to be exported must pass a tasting panel so that faulty natural wines stand a chance.
Australian winery Taylors is first to seal its sparkling wine with a unique screw cap that can withstand the pressure of the bubbles.
Australia is set to benefit from the best growing conditions in the past twenty years but Champagne has seen the worst growing season in decades.
Greek grape Assyrtiko planted for the first time on Australian Soil
Vineyards on red alert across Australia as wildfires threaten to wipe out crops
Over ambitious forecasting contributes to excess stock destined for US market.
Australia triumphed at the Decanter Awards this week, winning six of the coveted international trophies.
Will cheaper Australian wines mean exports will increase this year?
Australian research team test yeast strains to reduce alcohol levels.
Wine Australia has issued a message to producers clarifying the use of the word 'orange' for wines not produced in the region of Orange in New South Wales.
Short supply of Pinot Grigio forces price increases for this popular white wine
Accolade Wines buys Australian Grant Burge winemakers
Asian investment in Australian vineyards continues.
The Victorian Government in Australia said it will move to ban 'Palcohol' after the manufacturer has reportedly shown interest in bringing the product to the Australian market.
Hardys has re-launched its premium quality William Hardy range with a much tighter regional focus.
Report on UK online wine sales shows top 5 country sources
Australia, New Zealand and Prosecco grow at the cost of traditional rivals
FTA agreement reduces tariffs on imported Australian wines
Australia export growth soars with exports to China up by 44%
For years the French have dominated China, but in 2017 Australia has now become Chins, main wine supplier.
China now accounts for 33% of all of Australia's exported wine, rising by a whopping 68% in 2017.
Australian wine sales, particularly to China, have been booming in the 1st Quarter of 2018. The boom has seen Australia’s average export bottle price rise to £3.70 ahead of France at £3.03.
Australia’s Northern Territory has instigated a minimum pricing on alcohol, with Naked Wines claiming it is too difficult to calculate the new minimum prices and says it will pull out of the region.
China’s wine sales in restaurants and bars were released in Wine Business Solutions latest report.
The bushfires that ravaged Australia over the Christmas period are expected to cause a 4% drop in production in 2020, according to Wine Australia.
Australia’s exports to the UK were 7% down by $356m Aus (£194m) for the year ending in April, but for January to April the imports were up 3%.
Free trade agreement negotiations have started with Australia and separately with New Zealand. Both are very important non-EU wine suppliers to the UK.
Importers of Australian wine are cancelling orders over confusion on whether Australian wine is banned in the country.
China has effectively banned Australian wine, coal and beef after relations between the two countries soured due to Australian calls for a full investigations into the cause of Covid-19.
China adds another 6.3-6.4% duty to Australian wine as it continues to complain about the dumping of Australian wine. The small increase in duty is not thought to be material considering the 107.1-212.1% duty already levied on Australian wines.
South Africa’s wine industry has had a bad Covid-19 pandemic, temporary export bans and on again, off again prohibition has resulted in a 300m litre wine lake, but who is going to drink it up?
China’s crackdown on Australian wine exports has been heavy handed and dramatic with sales falling of a cliff edge. Down 98% from US$158 million in October 2020 to just US$4 million in December.
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), one of Australia's leading wine companies with wineries in Australia and the US, announced its new company structure, while claiming that it hopes to keep a “meaningful presence” in China.
2020 was a year of bush fires, drought, COVID and then the Chinese slapped a horrendous duty on Australian wine.
With many of the grapes harvested before the floods came, only a few regions had grapes to be picked, but Hunter Valley in NSW still at risk.
Smoke tainted wines have become the curse of Australia and California, and the resulting wines have a loss of fruit, unattractive smoke flavours and a harsh mouthfeel.
China’s import tariff on Australian wines has led to a collapse in sales from AU$325m to AU$12m in the four months of December 2020 to March 2021.
UK trade deal will save up to 9p for a bottle of Aussie wine
This week Australia formally complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about China's punitive tariffs on Australian wines.
Penfolds Grange, the iconic Australian wine, has broken all records for any Australian wine sold at auction. A bottle of the 1951 vintage sold at A$142,131 (£76,750) and was the first Penfolds wine ever to sport the Grange label.
Australia has seen a surge in UK wine sales over the Covid lockdown, with wine exports to the UK leaping by 16% by volume in the 2020-21 financial year.
Profits at Treasury Wine Estates, owners of Penfolds, Wolf Blass, 19-Crimes and Lindemans, held up in the face up Covid-19 and punitive tariffs by the Chinese government to record only a small drop in profits of 0.4%
A year after China implemented swinging tariffs on Australian wine the effect resulted in 93% decline in sales to AUS$29 million, a drop amounting to almost AUS$1 billion.
Some of the worst flooding has hit Australia’s New South Wales region in 60 years, just as harvest gets underway.
Wine brand Banrock Station launches low waste reusable EcoSpirit format for restaurants and bars in Sydney, Australia
Australian wine exports fall on the back of China tariffs, reduced vintages and international freight problems.
Australian producer and the world's most recognisable wine brand is planning on selling their 7258ha of vineyards in Australia.
Penfolds is to launch a wine made in China to get around China's punitive taxes on Australia
Australian Vintage launches award winning alcohol-free wine brand Not Guilty into the UK
Australia has had a huge change in where it sells its wines over the last few years and demand has also changed from big reds to whites.
EU Australia trade deal falters leaving Australia free to produce Prosecco and name it Prosecco.