Tax changes will prompt layoffs in WA wine industry, vintners warn

Geoff Barrett planted 80 hectares of grapevines on his property near Margaret River in Western Australia in 2001. Watershed Premium Wines has since become one of the region’s success stories, employing 56 workers across its viticulture, restaurant, cellar door and sales teams. But with Federal Government changes to wine taxation due next year, Mr Barrett said some of those jobs were at risk.