Wine Grapes
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Wine sector sets carbon targets
A NEWLY released Emissions Reduction Roadmap for the Australian grape and wine sector has outlined effective and practical steps to reduce the sector’s carbon emissions…
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‘Think again’ on China wine help
INLAND Wine Regions Alliance chair Jim Caddy is cautioning the whole Australian wine industry not to look at China through rose coloured glasses when seeking…
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‘The most difficult time’ for wine growers
THE local winegrape industry may have taken a hammering this year, but all the signs indicate red grape growers may have arrived at a crossroads.…
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Winner winner, bin chicken dinner.
THE machine-pruning job is progressing slowly – my travelling at less than 3km/h was sufficiently slow for a couple of spirited local snails, Stanley and…
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Research hands down prosecco verdict
MURRAY Valley Winegrowers are popping the champagne corks, or at least sparkling wines, after a major industry and university research project took five years to…
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Winemakers fight to continue use of grape variety names
AUSTRALIAN Grape & Wine is urging anyone with an interest in the grape variety prosecco, or the ongoing rights to use other grape variety terms,…
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Family growers hurt by market forces
AS the local industry enters another vintage, Murray Valley Winegrowers says it is also a time to reflect on the many challenges that have confronted…
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Hoping both rain and birds stay away
FOLLOWING a testing growing season – with extreme disease pressure, followed by a nasty hail storm last month – we are at last nearing harvest…
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Cool conditions slow grape development
WINE GRAPES with Colin Free THE grapes are slowly progressing into the ripening phase – they are at least two weeks behind the normal development…
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Wine grapes’ ‘grim outlook’
MURRAY Valley Winegrowers chairman Chris Dent says the local industry is probably facing one of its most difficult years since vines were first planted. Mr…
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Keeping the prosecco name
THE hottest drop in the Australian wine industry might be forced to change its name if Italian grape growers and winemakers get their way. With…
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Reds may face ‘years’ of uncertainty
SUNRAYSIA wine grape growers may face “years rather than months” of waiting before the red-grape market adjusts to the loss of access to the Chinese…
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