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Beer and spirits bosses go toe-to-toe against wine industry
Australia’s beer and spirits companies say wine companies aren’t paying their fair share of the $6 billion in alcohol taxes collected each year by the federal government. The wine industry is pleading...
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Importance of Wine Competitions
Wine Competitions… What is the importance of wine competitions? This is a frequently asked question by wineries just starting out, and their owners are stymied by the fees, the amount of competitions...
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US fans raise their glasses to Kiwi wine
The United States is likely to become New Zealand’s leading wine destination this year. Although more litres were shipped to Britain last year, the US is tipped to soon overtake that amount. In terms...
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Why you should be drinking organic wine
Once there was a time when people, both in the wine industry and the general consumer, would actively avoid organic wines, if they even knew they existed in the first place. But according to the most...
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NZ wine goes head-to-head with Australia and England to celebrate the Cricket...
The cricket pitch is not the only place New Zealand will be competing with the two sporting behemoths, Australia and England, during the upcoming Cricket World Cup. New Zealand wine is battling it out...
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Top US Wine Companies from WBM’s ~ My own Top 7 from this list
When I got into the wine business in early ’93, I knew (pretty much) nothing about wine. And so I worked it and studied it; and I expanded it, when I created the Petite Sirah wine grape advocacy group...
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California’s bumper 2014 harvest means overstock on bulk wine, broker warns
California produced a “shed-load” of wine – 4 million tonnes – in the chronic drought conditions of 2014, which will lead to an inventory surplus, a top bulk broker has warned. The bumper harvest came...
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Vintage Wine news from Friuli
From Friuli with love… The benefits of having a wine blog is that it daily continues my wine education, beyond what I’m learning and writing about our clients. Clients pay me to keep up, so that...
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Weather favours wine
The uneven rain might not be ideal for the South Burnett’s cattle farmers, but for winemaker Simon Berry it has been perfect. The months of strong rain and periods of dry weather was just the right...
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‘Drinkorexics’ losing weight by replacing food with glass of wine
Labels that display the calorie content of wine and spirits are encouraging women with eating disorders to cut back even more radically on food in what experts are calling “drinkorexia”. The disorder...
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