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Wine exports

February

Hunter Valley set for five-star resort after $25m winery deal

The wine region’s tourism scene will get an overdue shake-up following the deal involving industry veterans Brian McGuigan and Col Peterson.

January

Ms Palun opened an urban winery and bar in Port Melbourne after her business collapsed.

It was once worth $1.2b – will Australia’s Chinese wine trade recover?

Australian wine exports to China have generated $612 million since Beijing lifted tariffs last year, but the market’s future remains uncertain.

December 2024

Wine for sale at a store in Shanghai. Chinese consumers have cut their spending on fine wines.

Fine wine market in the red as Chinese demand dries up

The falls mark a second consecutive tough year for the industry, which was hit in 2023 by higher interest rates and dwindling sales from Asia.

November 2024

Is this Australia’s best shiraz?

These wine show judges certainly think so: the Great Australian Shiraz Challenge turns 30, and it’s needed now more than ever.

July 2024

Alexia Roberts, Chief Winemaker in the Yeenunga Vineyard.

Getting a taste for grenache? Try these new old-vine examples

South Australian producers are serving up a bunch of great grenaches – here are four you need to know about.

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July 2024

The Lyndoch vineyard in the Barossa Valley is being acquired by Seppeltsfield.

Seppeltsfield buys up as Australian Vintage offloads two vineyards

The ASX-listed producer behind McGuigan and Tempus Two will exit one property in NSW and sell another in South Australia to its privately owned rival.

June 2024

Treasury Wine Estates CEO Tim Ford at the group’s Magill Estate winery in Adelaide last week after Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to the premises.

Treasury Wine’s profits buoyed as Penfolds goes all in on China

Treasury says Penfolds profits will grow 15 per cent this year, but margins will fall as the company spends more rebuilding its export business to China.

May 2024

On Hamilton, a family dynasty bets there’s more money in islands

After showing potential buyers around last year, Sandy Oatley and his family are instead developing a new resort as they double down on the island.

March 2024

Warren Randall, executive chairman of Randall Wine Group - owner of Seppeltsfield Estate, Gemtree and Penny’s Hill, in the McLaren Vale wine region.

Treasury Wine set for $100m profit bump

The owner of Seppeltsfield Estate and Gemtree says the company took a $40m hit from Chinese wine tariffs and regaining lost sales could take three years.

Australia’s  economic advantage in food production gives it the upper hand in trade deals.

Dry conditions to cost Australian farmers, with grim outlook for wine

Dry conditions and soft international grain prices have led to Australia’s agricultural output dropping by 15 per cent, hitting farm incomes.

January 2024

Try these wine ‘discoveries’ to share with friends

A dozen stories about all things alcoholic – and not – to keep you current and content.

November 2023

Founders of direct-to-consumer beef producer Our Cow, Dave McGiveron and Bianca Tarrant.

Buying your steak direct from paddock to plate

These food companies are bypassing retailers altogether and selling fresh produce direct to consumers.

Tim Ford is the chief executive of Treasury Wine Estates.

Treasury’s Tim Ford strikes the $1.6b deal of his life

It took six months to buy Daou Vineyards. Shareholders will judge the wine CEO’s tenure by how well he can turn the business into a brand like Penfolds.

August 2023

2022 dinner at AAVWS

The little-known grape varieties powering Australia’s wine industry

In his new book, the Financial Review drinks writer explains how new wines and styles since 2000 have been good for growers and great for drinkers.

Trade Minister Don Farrell is hopeful China will soon back down on barley tariffs.

China could back down on barley tariffs within days

China is facing pressure on multiple fronts to lift punitive tariffs imposed as part of its campaign of economic coercion.

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July 2023

“How to Drink Australian” by US wine importers Jane Lopes and Jonathan Ross.

This new book is a fresh take on Australian wine

US citizens “think the whole country is just one climate”, explain the authors of a tome published this week. Those who visit are blown away by the diversity.

Sue Hodder, Wynns Coonawarra Estate Senior Winemaker. “The La Place network is amazing,” she says.

This ancient French network is the secret to top Aussie wine sales

With just one transaction via La Place de Bordeaux, winemakers’ entire export allocations can be sold to customers in more than 70 countries.

China does not need Australia and it is prepared to bludgeon our exporters to make a political point to the Australian government.

Coal is flowing to China, but other Aussie exports aren’t so lucky

Months after Beijing indicated it would lift its sanctions, there has been little progress on reviving shipments of lobster, beef, timber and wine.

June 2023

Surendra Rosha, HSBC Asia-Pacific co-CEO, at the bank’s Sydney office in Barangaroo on Thursday.

HSBC to big four: our institutional bank in Asia is bigger than you

As ANZ and CBA build up institutional banking services, the world’s 8th largest bank says it is the top regional player and targeting more Australian companies.

April 2023

Trade Minister Don Farrell is hopeful other trade “impediments” with China can be resolved.

Chinese officials welcome to inspect Australian abattoirs

Trade Minister Don Farrell says it is one of the options available to the government in its bid to convince Beijing authorities to overturn bans on local goods.

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