Marlborough grapegrowers optimistic (NZ)

The Marlborough wine industry is the most optimistic about trading conditions out of the country’s seven wine regions, according to a national business confidence wine survey. The biannual report by accountancy firm Markhams said that more than half of Marlborough respondents believed that trading conditions were better than a year ago, with 92 per cent expecting conditions to improve or remain the same. In line with last year’s predictions, 33 per cent of respondents stated that conditions had remained the same, while 13 per cent said they had worsened, reports The Marlborough Express.