Riverina wine board gives back

The Riverina Wine Grapes Marketing Board (WGMB) is handing back more than $450,000 to wine grape growers across the region after a bumper 2015 harvest saw the organisation in a surplus.
Brian Simpson, Riverina WGMB chief executive officer, said under legislation growers are required to fund the activities of the board by paying a levy of $3.90 per tonne. “This will effectively reduce the levy back to $1.90 for the 2015 vintage,” he said.