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AFL fans! Gather Round The Munda Wine Bar
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (617+ words) Munda Wines, Australia's premier 100 percent Aboriginal-owned wine company, has announced The Munda Wine Bar " a landmark pop-up collaboration running across all four days of AFL Gather Round in Adelaide from 9 to 12 April. Hosted in the Adelaide Festival Centre underpass, just…...
New leader for New Zealand Winegrowers
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (466+ words) Anishka Jelicich is the new chief executive officer of New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW), commencing at the end of July. She replaces CEO Philip Gregan who is retiring after 43 years of service to the organisation. Anishka brings more than two decades…...
Wine industry structure ‘no longer fit for purpose’
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1453+ words) Everyone knows the Australian wine industry is a basket case. We keep telling the world that is the diagnosis. Additionally, the industry projects forlorn hope of any recovery because of the apparent negative change in the global demand for wine....
Barossa wine luxury with a $30 million Swiss touch
3+ week, 2+ day ago (391+ words) The grand opening of the 1837 Barossa estate " which has undergone a $30 million redevelopment " will be held on Saturday night. The eye-catching Lyndoch property is the work of Swiss tech entrepreneurs Guido and Nelly Auchli " and the Barossa has never seen…...
New bursary for Masters of Wine event in Adelaide
3+ week, 2+ day ago (321+ words) Applications are now open for a new bursary giving Australian grape and wine professionals aged 35 and under the opportunity to attend the 2027 Institute of Masters of Wine International Symposium in Adelaide. The event " from April 15-18 next year " is one of…...
A long time between fizz for Chapel Hill Wines
3+ week, 3+ day ago (389+ words) McLaren Vale winery Chapel Hill has released its first sparkling wine for twenty years " Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir Sparkling NV ($27). Sparkling wine was once a cellar door favourite at Chapel Hill. Winemaker Michael Fragos says the Adelaide Hills is…...
Next Crop of wine regions to nurture leaders
4+ week, 2+ day ago (359+ words) The Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Association, McLaren Vale Wine Region and Riverland Wine will deliver this year's Next Crop program. It is designed to equip emerging leaders with practical skills, networks and confidence to support the long-term resilience and success…...
New chair for Clare Valley wine body
4+ week, 2+ day ago (508+ words) Jim Barry Wines, Clare Valley,South Australia. Picture Matt Turner. Olivia Hoffmann Barry is the new chairperson of the Clare Valley Wine & Grape Association (CVWGA). A respected leader within the Australian wine industry and a passionate advocate for the Clare…...
The wine business: when it’s all too much
4+ week, 2+ day ago (855+ words) We can't be everything to everyone, at every price point. I think a lot of wine businesses are not making just one or two too many wines, they're making four to eight too many wines. David LeMire MW reports. I'm…...
Key appointment for wine sustainability program
4+ week, 2+ day ago (433+ words) Media launch day at Artspace in Woolloomooloo with John Graham, Minister for the Arts, Annette Pitman, Chief Executive Create NSW and artist Jonathan Jones all in attendance. Picture: Toby Zerna Siobhan Toohill is the new independent chair of Sustainable Winegrowing…...