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Supply glut leaves red-wine growers facing a big 2023 hit

SUNRAYSIA wine-grape growers are now waiting for the blow to fall here after industry giant Accolade Wines told cabernet and shiraz growers in SA’s Riverland to mothball their vines or switch varieties.

In a statement at the weekend, Accolade offered its grower-suppliers $1000 per hectare to mothball, or $1250 to switch from red grapes to white.

In a statement, the company said the collapse of...