3rd September 2010

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Tag: viticulture

  • Pulp mill still an issue, as Gunns exits wine

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Tasmanian forestry company Gunns Ltd is out of the wine business, after signing a $32.5 million deal. Northeast Victorian company, Brown Brothers, has taken over the assets, including the Tamar ... more

  • Rain encourages Victorian irrigators

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Heavy rain and moist catchments are pushing Victorian irrigators' water allocations up. In central Victoria, Loddon River irrigators have had little to no water in the last four years. Now their ... more

  • SA wine industry faces slow recovery

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    The specialist wine counsellor with South Australia's Rural Financial Counselling Service says restoring the supply and demand balance in the industry will not automatically mean better ... more

  • Australian winemakers get a kick from Champagne

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    A trade agreement between Australia and the European Union comes into force today, which requires wine producers to phase out the use of names such as Champagne and Port. The agreement protects 11 ... more

  • Icon_camera Wineries fear suburbs encroaching into McLaren Vale

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    Local grape growers and wine makers say South Australia's McLaren Vale wine region is under threat from urban encroachment. A major housing development is being proposed at the entrance of McLaren ... more

  • Winemakers meet to discuss overseas counterfeits

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    About 30 winemakers will gather in the McLaren Vale this afternoon to discuss the problem of Australian wines being counterfeited overseas. Several Australian wineries have been tipped off that ... more

  • Wineries furious about Chinese fakes

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    A group of South Australian winemakers believes the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation isn't doing enough to put a stop to counterfeit wine. More than 30 wineries want the corporation to do ... more

  • Riverland grape growers urged to avoid 'trap' of wine contracts

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    Riverland wine grape growers in South Australia are being urged to reconsider signing contracts for their grapes this year. Many growers are without contracts following a number of wine companies ... more

  • Another locust spray warning for wineries

    Created Thu, 26th of Aug 2010

    The Australian Wine Research Institute is concerned locust spraying could lead to chemical residue in wine. Wine grape growers are being asked to play their part in locust control programs this ... more

  • Fosters loss promots grape price worry

    Created Tue, 24th of Aug 2010

    Grape growers are worried that wine and beer giant Fosters has announced a $460 million loss for the last financial year. The company has written off over a billion dollars worth of assets, ... more

  • Winegrape growers cautioned about locust spraying

    Created Fri, 20th of Aug 2010

    Grape growers in the Riverina are being urged to talk to their winery before spraying locusts in spring. Many vineyards across south-western NSW have become breeding grounds for locusts this ... more

  • Fine for wine fraud

    Created Wed, 18th of Aug 2010

    A folded South Australian wine company has been fined $350,000 for falsifying records in 2003 to sell sultana grapes as chardonnay. The Adelaide Magistrates Court found Rivers Wines managing ... more

  • Icon_camera Riverland wine growers earning just 27 cents a bottle

    Created Mon, 16th of Aug 2010

    Wine grape growers in South Australia's Riverland are feeling the pinch as they earn the lowest prices in ten years. Research collated by the Riverland Winegrape Growers Associations predicts this ... more

  • ATGA confident of exporting grapes to China

    Created Tue, 17th of Aug 2010

    The Victorian Table Grape Growers Association says it is still confident growers will export grapes to China this season, even though they are still waiting for formal approval. A deal has been ... more

  • Margaret River vineyards being virtually given away

    Created Tue, 17th of Aug 2010

    Vineyards are literally being given away for free in the Margaret River wine region in Western Australia. Due to the current wine glut, grower assets have lost so much value they have to sell at ... more

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