China has the world’s largest market for wine, with sales of over a billion litres last year. In June, we reported that wine produced in the country is quickly improving in quality, and is now rivalling some imported vintages in taste tests.
John Avery MW was known for importing wines from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and California during the 1960s and 1970s at a time when they were little-known.
Vines around Marlborough are waking from their winter slumber, frost fans are starting up and wine companies are busy hiring their harvest teams. The “roller coaster” ride to next vintage has started, with the first bud burst taking place in chardonnay vines around the region.
Set in the heart of the Barossa Valley, St Hugo wines will open the doors of its new home on Friday 23rd September. For the first time, appreciators of fine wine and exclusive experiences can indulge in the elegant world of one of Australia’s most distinguished Cabernet Sauvignon producers.
Australia’s International Convention Centre Sydney has launched a wine collection featuring 93 varieties, 80 per cent of which are from New South Wales wine producers.
IT EMERGES like a gleaming mirage as you enter the sleepy township of Yenda, a jumble of silver wine tanks and shipping containers. Casella Wines is one of the Riverina’s – and the nation’s –most stunning business success stories.
It could be a florist from NSW, a manager at a Queensland clinic or maybe a marketing manager from Telstra. Next Monday, five amateur and six industry contestants fly to Sydney from across the country to vie to win the Vin de Champagne Award, a contest that could prove life changing for the winners.
Giant Steps’ STEVE FLAMSTEED wins the top gong at Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year proudly supported by Perpetual.
Shares in Majestic Wine have sunk by nearly a quarter after it warned its profits would be lower than expected.
Tesco has boosted its own label range with the introduction of more than 20 new lines under its core and premium finest* wine range – which it says has seen “significant” growth over the summer.