There has been much discussion about the rising levels of alcohol in Australian red wines ... In my Australian Wine Compendium, written in 1984, I gave them the equivalent (then on a 20-point scale) ...

In the 12 months ended December 2024, Australian wine exports increased by 34 per cent in value to $2.55 billion and by 7 per cent in volume to 649 million litres, according to Wine Australia’s Export ...

Next, as the Portuguese makers of cork are happy to point out, cork is a natural product ... 99% of all white table wines (irrespective of price) sold in Australia had screwcap closures, as did 98.8% ...

The wine industry has been one of the great success stories, but it confronts major challenges that mean business as usual is ...