Wine Australia recently hosted a successful inbound visit by five Japanese on-premise professionals as part of its ongoing efforts to grow the profile of Australian wine in Japan.
The Australian grape and wine sector is being called to rally behind an exciting new message that reframes how domestic consumers connect with Australian wine.
The message is clear, powerful and proudly local: ‘We make a wine for that.’
The Australian grape and wine sector is being invited to take part in Wine Australia’s annual customer engagement stakeholder survey between 2-30 June, to help enhance the services and programs it delivers to empower the success of Australia’s grape and wine businesses.
Australia’s winegrape growers can now access a series of free, practical guides designed to support vineyard management with minimal ongoing intervention and promote long-term ecological practices.
An exciting new cohort has been selected for the Australian grape and wine sector’s peak leadership development program, Future Leaders.
Australia’s grape and wine sector faces a serious threat from Xylella fastidiosa, a highly destructive plant bacterium that has devastated vineyards and horticultural crops overseas. Although not present in Australia, proactive research and strong biosecurity measures are essential to keeping this bacterium out.
The ability of an environmentally-friendly method to remove and recover the CCA from end-of-life trellis posts to enable the wood to be repurposed is being investigated as part of a PhD funded with a top-up scholarship from Wine Australia.
The project to establish a National Vineyard Register to improve the Australian grape and wine sector’s understanding of its supply base of winegrapes to support better decision-making by winegrowers is nearing the end of its first 12 months.
A remediation technique designed to selectively remove smoke marker compounds from wine and preserve its quality and value is a step closer to being rolled out in Australia. Developed by New Zealand company amaea, the method utilises molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs).
Earlier this month, Jonathan and Matthew Hooper, the managing director of VAF Memstar which has partnered with amaea to be its local service provider, met with wineries in the Barossa Valley to understand the specific needs of the Australian wine industry and explore opportunities for implementation of the MIPs, known commercially as amaea VPx.
The latest global consumption data from IWSR reveals ongoing change in the world of wine. In 2024, wine consumption volumes declined by 3 per cent to 2.3 billion 9-litre cases, while total value increased by 1% to US$191 billion.
This China Market Bulletin explores where the growth is coming from, what it means for the broader industry and the opportunities and challenges ahead in one of our most significant export markets.
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