The Winery Engineering Association’s 2015 national conference and exhibition is underway in the Barossa. The theme for WineEng 2015 is ‘finding a better way – excellence in winery operations and asset management’ and the Chateau Tanunda Winery is hosting the event.
A Fleurieu winery has joined an elite club of producers that have had their grapes regularly appear in, arguably, the state’s most prestigious red.
Oliver’s Taranga Winery at McLaren Vale has received the Penfolds Triple Crown Grange Growers perpetual trophy.
It recognises wineries that have had their grapes used in the Penfolds Grange for three years in a row.
Naked Wines, an online wine retailer that lets customers fund independent winemakers, just launched a new service letting people order bottles of plonk via text.
The “Text for Wine” service was suggested by employees and lets existing customers order a case of wine by texting the name to Naked. That then gets added to their order.
As the value of New Zealand wine exports has grown by seven per cent to reach a record $1.42billion this year, expansion in the United States market is playing a big part, New Zealand Winegrowers say.
”This pushed wine to become New Zealand’s sixth-largest export good by value,” winegrowers chairman Steve Green said in the association’s annual report.
Despite the highs and lows of the Australian wine industry, one small-scale producer is celebrating record profits.
Scenic Rim grower David McMaugh owns and operates the Bunjurgan Estate Vineyard, where he has increased his revenue by 22 per cent in the past financial year.
Four Barossa wineries have pooled resources to benefit financially disadvantaged youth, through a project that will fund traineeships.
Kaesler Wines, Seppeltsfield Winery, Torbreck Vintners and Two Hands Wines each contributed one tonne of premium Shiraz grapes for the Concordis project, producing 1600 magnums to be sold as a fundraiser.
Marlborough is well-known as one of New Zealand’s premier wine regions and has the best potential for grape growing in New Zealand.
Now, a Marlborough winemaker is making great strides with a high quality chardonnay grape juice that is alcohol free. The grape juice is made to Jewish kosher standards and is endorsed by the ?Kashrut Authority of Australia & NZ.
Following an exceptional summer of dry and hot weather, the harvest in Beaujolais starts today, three weeks earlier than last year. The official start date was set as August 24 in comparison to September 10 in 2014.
The wine industry’s annual Romeo Bragato conference will feature four finalists from the Cawthron Marlborough Environmental Awards at a workshop highlighting sustainability practices in the region.
The three-day annual conference opens on Wednesday in Napier and will showcase marketing trends and research innovation in the industry.
Two Pyrenees Shire wineries will represent Australia on the world stage in France later this year at the prestigious VITeff sparkling wine technology exhibition.
Blue Pyrenees and Taltarni are two of just seven Australian wineries to be chosen to attend the exhibition in Champagne. Of the seven chosen, three are from Victoria and four from South Australia.