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 Report released today.
Wine Australia and New Zealand Winegrowers are inviting UK and Ireland based trade representatives to register for upcoming trade tastings in Dublin on 27 January, London on 30 January and Edinburgh on 4 February.
Total sales of Australian wine exceeded production for the second year in a row, following successive small vintages, according to the Australian Wine Production, Sales and Inventory Report 2024 released today by Wine Australia.
Rootlings is a new national network that will harness the energy of young grape and wine professionals to foster the next generation of talent in Australia’s wine sector. The targeted program will support under-35s working as winemakers, viticulturists, cellar door staff, wine judges and other roles, often in regional areas, to build connections with each other and develop their skills.
Leaders of some of Australia’s most prominent agriculture representative groups were in Taiwan this week in a collaborative effort to increase export opportunities for Australia’s premium wine and food.
The lead author of a Wine Australia-funded study that provides a guide to rootstock suitability for vineyards challenged by root zone salinity has been honoured with the ASVO award for Viticulture Paper of the year 2020.
Earlier this year, hundreds of wine sector representatives from around the globe gathered to discuss how to tackle the immediate impact of climate change and how to plan for the future at the second Climate Change Leadership conference in Porto, Portugal.
Wine Australia is liaising with wholesalers across the USA to secure marketing activities leading up to Aussie Wine Month.
The United States of America is the world’s biggest wine market. According to Shanken’s Impact Databank, 327 million cases of wine were consumed in the USA in 2017. The International Wine and Spirits Record has forecast the USA market to grow by an additional 20 million cases by 2022, with the growth coming at the premium end of the market.
Wine Australia is inviting applications for its travel bursaries, for travel commencing between 1 July and 31 December 2018.
The United States of America (US) was Australia’s second largest export market by volume and value for the year ended March 2024. Despite a decline in wine consumption in recent years, the US has retained its position as the most attractive wine market in the world, according to IWSR. This Bulletin highlights the recent economic and wine market changes in the US which are detailed in Wine Australia’s recently- released 2024 US Wine Market Insights report.
Well known for its coffee exports, it is slowly becoming known in the wine sector for its increasing imports of wine. This Market Bulletin will give an overview of the current conditions for wine in the Brazilian market.
The United States (US) is one of the markets pinpointed by many for growth of the Australian wine category. But where are the opportunities for Australian wine, particularly in the post-COVID-19 market that has experienced significant changes to consumer behaviour?
In our most recent Export Report 2019–20, we highlighted that the impact of COVID-19 on exports to the USA had not been negative to date. This news is particularly interesting given export value was in a gradual decline prior to lockdown restrictions.
Like many markets around the world, the ways Canadian wine consumers engage with the category has been strongly affected by restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. These changes are amplified by the fact that 2019 was a poor year for the volume of wine sales in Canada. 2020 has seen a rebound in wine sales through the provincial liquor boards and Australia wine is among the beneficiaries.