An exciting new cohort has been selected for the Australian grape and wine sector’s peak leadership development program, Future Leaders.
In the 12 months ended March 2025, Australian wine exports increased by 41 per cent in value to $2.64 billion and by 6 per cent in volume to 647 million litres, according to Wine Australia’s Export Report released today. The average value of exports increased by 33 per cent to $4.09 per litre free on board (FOB), the highest average value in almost two decades.
While global trade faces uncertain times, the focus was all about reinforcing long-term trusted trading partnerships at the Australian Food and Wine Collaboration Group’s market access programs in Japan earlier this month.
Wine Australia joined forces with Dairy Australia, Hort Innovation, Meat & Livestock Australia and Seafood Industry Australia in a series of market and trade events in Tokyo on 9 April to strengthen the partnership of one of Australia’s oldest and most trusted trading partners.
University of Adelaide PhD candidate Andrew O’Brien has been awarded Wine Australia’s Dr Tony Jordan OAM Award for 2025 to support his studies into the impact of novel cover crops on the aroma and flavour of wine.
The Australian Food and Wine Collaboration Group is headed to Tokyo in April as part of an ongoing effort to improve bilateral trade relations and increase export opportunities for Australia’s premium wine and food producers.
Since the 1990s, Wine Australia has co-invested with Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, to breed new grapevine varieties with resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew.
These varieties significantly reduce the need for fungicide application, lowering chemical use in the vineyard, reducing the cost of production and crop loss, lowering vineyard emissions and improving sustainability of the Australian wine sector.
New rootstock varieties with resistance to phylloxera and root knot nematodes have also been developed.
These breeding programs, together with a number of other projects, were part of a strategic research agreement with CSIRO that concluded in June 2022. The final reports on these projects have recently been published on the Wine Australia website.
The potential impact of fungicides on the micro-organisms that exist on the surface of grapevines and the flow-on effect on the sensory outcome of wines has been explored as part of a PhD project funded under Wine Australia’s research scholarship program.
Significant progress has been made in the three-year scale project led and jointly funded by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and Wine Australia, in collaboration with the University of Adelaide, the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) and the Australian National University (ANU).
Seven undergraduate viticulture and oenology students from the University of Adelaide have undertaken a 10-week placement in an Australian winery during the 2025 vintage with the support of funding from Wine Australia through its Further Afield Scholarship program.
The competitive scholarship program is aimed at supporting and encouraging undergraduate and post-graduate students to undertake placements outside of grapegrowing and winemaking regions surrounding metropolitan Adelaide by assisting with the costs of travel and accommodation.
Identifying the most effective financial mechanisms to motivate landholders, including vineyard owners, in the Murray Darling Basin to adopt climate-resilient and sustainable practices is the aim of a project being co-funded by Wine Australia and coordinated by the OneBasin Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
Growers don’t have to wait for offer prices to get a good indication of the direction that prices are likely to move. The Wine Australia Grape Price Indicators Dashboard is a source of independent, free, trustworthy and relevant information
In the 12 months ended March 2025, Australian wine exports increased by 41 per cent in value to $2.64 billion and by 6 per cent in volume to 647 million litres, according to Wine Australia’s Export Report released today. The increase is mainly due to the elevated level of premium wine shipments to mainland China, after tariffs on Australian bottled wine were removed at the end of March 2024.
The US Government has announced a 10 per cent tariff on all Australian goods entering the US, including Australian wine. The tariff took effect from 12:01am on 5 April (US time). There is no ban on Australian wine exports to the US. Prior to this, Australian wine entered the US tariff-free under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement.
In light of the recent tariff announcements by the United States (US) Government, this bulletin provides an update on Australian wine exports to the US wine market and on how the tariffs may potentially affect the market
This market bulletin addresses the key challenges faced by the wine sector, examines some of the key trends that are influencing wine consumption globally, and discusses some of the potential growth opportunities that these trends may offer Australian wine businesses.
In the last two months, one of Australia’s key export markets has been caught in an accelerating trade war. Canada is the fourth largest export market for Australian wine, representing 10 per cent of volume exported in 2024. This Market Bulletin will give you a rundown of the most important things to be aware of when considering the Canadian wine market in 2025.