A program to help small and medium SA wine businesses start exporting to Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and India has been launched in the wake of continued uncertainty about shipments to China.
A swathe of councils are signing up to remain free of genetically modified crops, forming a green zone stretching from the Barossa Valley through the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula to Cape Jervis.
The announcement of an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine by China’s Ministry of Commerce has sent shockwaves through the local industry. But for the state’s grain farmers, the latest Chinese probe conjures feelings of deja vu following a similar investigation that led to an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley in May.
As more and more people fall through the cracks in Adelaide’s “shiny veneer”, one industry has taken a lead to make a difference, writes Marc Allgrove.