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Richard Leask, from McLaren Vale South Australia, has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship supported by Wine Australia to research best-practice regenerative farming systems across the wine sector.

Wine Australia Chair Brian Walsh has welcomed today’s announcement by Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud MP of the new Wine Australia Board.

The vineyards in Australia’s 65 wine regions will be accurately mapped for the first time using high-resolution satellite images and advanced machine learning in a national census of Australia’s winegrape area.

A $460,000 marketing campaign to boost international visits to Queensland wine regions has received funding support from the Australian Government’s $50 million Export and Regional Wine Support Package (the $50m Package) and the Queensland Government.   

Australia’s winegrape crush in 2018 was 1.79 million tonnes, just above the long-term average of 1.76 million tonnes, and the average purchase price for winegrapes increased by 8 per cent to $609 per tonne, the highest level since 2008.

In many ways, as a wine-producing country, Chile is a lot like Australia. This makes it important to understand the Chilean wine sector, and how it rates as a competitor when it comes to global wine customers.

Consumer awareness of Australia’s wine growing regions varies greatly in two of Australia’s biggest export markets, China and the United States of America.

The global wine harvest in 2018 looks like it will return to an average size, easing supply pressures and potentially softening prices. However, demand for Australian wine remains strong, reflected in higher winegrape prices

At the Exporter Update 2018 in Adelaide, Cassandra Winzenried, Chief Economist at Efic, gave the audience an overview of global economic conditions and how these could affect Australian wine exports in the next few years.

Australian grapegrowers have delivered another consistent harvest to support continuing strong demand for our wines.