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Australia Wine Exports Hit as Aussie Surge Aids Bordeaux: Re...

Australia’s wine lovers are embracing European bottles as never before, exacerbating a decline in the local industry already suffering from plummeting exports. With the Australian dollar at record levels against the euro, importe [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Aussies switch from beer to wine

Sydney - The iconic image of an Australian with a long cool beer in hand may not hold true forever, with statistics showing Australians are drinking less beer these days than at any time in the past 61 years. In a report titled &ldq [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Aussie wine for Rome's MacKillop celebrations

The Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Tim Fischer, had asked the Coonawarra Vignerons' Association to send the wine for official embassy functions. Michelle Stebhens, for the winemakers, is pleased the shipment has arrived in ti [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Aussies plan assault on our sauvignon blanc

Australia's winemakers are plotting an assault on New Zealand's lucrative UK export market with a new wine style they describe as a "sauvignon blanc killer". Unable to match the fruity and grassy flavours of Marlbo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Trademark furor over Aussie wine

AUSTRALIAN wine brand Yellow Tail has started legal proceedings against two US wine companies for infringements on its trademark. Casella Wines, maker of Yellow Tail, based in South West NSW, has enlisted the services of US firm Blank [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Aussie wine reshapes into plastic bottle

An Aussie wine has turned a shade of green, with the launch of a lower-impact bottle - one made of plastic. Wolf Blass have ditched the glass for an imitation of it, in the form of a recyclable (#1) PET plastic bottle. The 'Diamond Clear' [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

NZ wine takes top Aussie spot

Retail sales data released by A C Nielsen last week shows that Oyster Bay outsells any other white in the Australian market, even the country's local brands. The news may leave Aussie winemakers asking for a fair suck of the savvy but Dele [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Aussie dollar hurts wine exports

The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says the climbing Australian dollar has hurt the country's wine exports during the past year. Figures from the corporation show the volume of wine exported fell by 8.5 per cent for the 12 months u [...]