Opinion
The recent announcement of harsh Chinese tariffs on Australian wine imports will devastate South Australia’s huge wine industry. But the magnitude of the blow could have been significantly reduced if Australian producers had pursued greater diversification in their export strategies, argue Flinders University Professor Roberta Crouch and Dr Nathan Gray.
News
Australia’s largest listed wine company Treasury Wine Estates has unveiled its plan to reduce the impact of harsh Chinese tariffs as its share price continues to slide.
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South Australian wine baron Warren Randall has made a string of acquisitions aimed at fuelling his booming Chinese sales, with the latest purchase his first vineyard in Australia’s largest grape-growing region.
Wine made in Australia by a Mexican and an Australian for Mexicans. It’s a mouthful but it’s also the motto of a trans-pacific partnership that’s putting boutique wines from the Barossa, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale wine regions on the map in Mexico.
Philip White considers the implications of the unfolding trade brouhaha.
With the threat of trade wars in the air, Philip White ponders the nature of Australian wine’s increasing dependence on China.
