Growers struggle to survive with falling grape prices

Growers struggle to survive with falling grape prices

After years of low prices and spiralling debts, some of Australia’s oldest grape growers are giving up. They say the price setting of the wineries is sending them broke and things must change. Some of Australia’s oldest grape growers are pulling up their vines and scaling back after years of low prices and spiralling debts. In South Australia’s Riverland, growers say that the cards are stacked against them and they want help competing against the big wineries. But as Alex Mann reports, even their own association thinks it may be best to give up the fight.

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