Record wine production combined with a reduction in overall sales volume has seen inventory levels and stocks-to-sales ratios increase in the year ended 30 June 2021, according to Wine Australia’s Wine Production, Sales and Inventory Report 2021 released today.
Wine Australia has today announced that Clare Valley Wine & Grape Association and Wine Victoria are the successful applicants for its regionally-focused leadership program Next Crop.
Wine Australia is doubling down on its digital marketplace Australian Wine CONNECT through a partnership with Vinexpo and its Vinexposium Connect platform that will add further value through cultivating additional connections for Australian wineries to the global trade audience.
Wine Australia welcomes today’s announcement by the Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, Hon David Littleproud MP, that six non-executive directors have been appointed to the Wine Australia Board until 30 September 2024.
Australian wine exports decreased by 24 per cent in value to $2.27 billion and 17 per cent in volume to 638 million litres in the year ended September 2021, according to Wine Australia’s latest Export Report released today.
A tech-revolution is emerging in one of Australia’s most historic wine regions – the Grampians. Ben Thomson of Best’s Wines is a part of a growing number of producers in the region that are working with various technologies to extract the maximum value from their fruit and aid in the premiumisation of the region’s wine in the process.
A Wine Australia-funded research project at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) is seeking to define the desirable sensory attributes of existing no- or low-alcohol wines and other beverages in the market to support the development of wine-like beverages that can satisfy consumers’ demands.
Ecosystem services, also known as ‘nature’s contributions to people’, are potentially powerful and can do a lot of the ‘heavy lifting’ for growers in the vineyard.
As a kid, Alex Cassegrain was more likely to be found with his head buried under the hood of a tractor, than buried in a book. “I always preferred learning by ‘doing’,” says Alex.
In the face of a changing climate – witnessed by a warmer, drier climate and extreme weather events – Barossa and Clare Valley grape and wine associations are continuing to focus their Wine Australia Regional Program efforts on soil health in a bid to improve the resilience of local vineyards.
Record wine production combined with a slight reduction in sales has seen inventory levels and stocks-to-sales ratios increase in the year ended 30 June 2021, according to Wine Australia’s Wine Production Sales and Inventory Report 2021.
A new report, released today, has provided a range of insights into Australia’s domestic market consumer’s behaviour and how these have been impacted by COVID-19, as well as opportunities for wineries to increase sales through winery-owned channels.
Wine Australia’s Market Update: United States of America, released today, reports on the latest situation in the market, including economic forces, the alcoholic beverage landscape, wine consumption levels, and Australian export performance.
Australia exports around 60 per cent of the wine it produces hence it is critical to understand who its key competitor countries are, what they produce and where they export to. This can help discover potential market opportunities and gaps for Australian wine.
A sequence of events in international markets have combined to lower the volume and value of Australian wine exports, as detailed in Wine Australia’s Export Report for the year ended September 2021, released today.