Poor wine grape prices making retirement for growers impossible

Low wine grape prices are continuing to plague growers and a free financial counselling service is urging people in trouble to reach out. Rural Business Support Financial Counsellor, Rita Perre, said some grape growers have never recovered from the millennium drought and now the price of grapes is preventing growers from servicing debts. She said some growers do not have the cash flow to continue production and cannot sell their properties at a sustainable price, but there is help available.