The European debt crisis has made it more difficult for Spaniards to buy wine. So, vintners in Spain’s Rioja region are looking to sell their wine in more international markets. Winemakers are shipping their goods to Germany, the U.S. — and even China, which has a rapidly expanding wine market, reports North Country Radio.
The European debt crisis has made it more difficult for Spaniards to buy wine. So, vintners in Spain’s Rioja region are looking to sell their wine in more international markets. Winemakers are shipping their goods to Germany, the U.S. — and even China, which has a rapidly expanding wine market, reports North Country Radio.
One of South Australia’s most-loved wineries is preparing to celebrate reaching triple figures.
But if you think that marks the time to slow down and smell the roses for its dynamo father and son proprietors, then forget it, writes Tony Love in the weekend’s Advertiser.
In the tiny wine-producing region of the Waitaki Valley, there is no place for anything but excellence and “that’s a wonderful challenge”, Jim Jerram told Otago Daily Times. It might only be a drop in the glass in terms of size but the area is “punching above its weight” in terms of what it is producing and the exposure it is getting, Dr Jerram, who is chairman of the Waitaki Valley Wine Growers Association, said.
In the tiny wine-producing region of the Waitaki Valley, there is no place for anything but excellence and “that’s a wonderful challenge”, Jim Jerram told Otago Daily Times. It might only be a drop in the glass in terms of size but the area is “punching above its weight” in terms of what it is producing and the exposure it is getting, Dr Jerram, who is chairman of the Waitaki Valley Wine Growers Association, said.
The wine industry is facing a worrying shortage of high quality national account managers, according to Paul Schaafsma, general manager for UK and Europe at Australian Vintage. Schaafsma has called on the industry to work together to introduce an accredited training program to help nurture young talent in order to reverse the decline. Speaking to the drinks business at last week’s A+ Australia tasting in London, Schaafsma said: “One of the main challenges in recruiting national account managers at the moment is that there is not a lot of talent out there”.
New research shows how much damage the high Australian dollar is doing to the country’s wine exports while rival producers forge ahead. The Newcastle Herald reports Rabobank’s 2011 Wine Quarterly report said global wine exports were growing unless the wine was from Australia or South Africa. Italian exports are up almost 13 per cent in volume and nearly 13.5 per cent in value and the French are enjoying a 3.8 per cent volume growth and by nearly 15 per cent in value.
Firefighters in WA’s South-West are enduring a testing day, with two blazes contained but not yet controlled and still posing a potential threat to homes and lives. Residents in towns near Busselton and also on Mann Road, Nillup are under a watch-and-act advice from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The area is one of WA’s best known wine producing spots with Sandalford, Cullens Wines and Evans & Tate all nearby, WA Today reports.
Leaders in the food and wine industry have been among those to get the highest honours in South Australia’s north and west region in today’s Australia Day honours list. Barossa Valley food identity Maggie Beer has been appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia – for services to the tourism and the hospitality industry and the promotion of Australian produce and cuisine. Also being honoured with an AM is John Bastian from the Clare Valley, for community service and service to business, reports ABC West Coast SA.
When Wine Australia invites you to go ”Around Australia in 80 Sips” it is a hard offer to knock back. From the time you have wound your way from Margaret River reds to Yarra Valley whites amid the smell of hot meat pies you can easily forget that you are actually at an events space on New York’s 42nd Street. There is a reason why this event is being held here. Producers are keen to get Americans excited about the regional subtleties of Australian wines, writes Mathew Murphy in the Sydney Morning Herald.