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Half of Australian Hunter Valley vineyards ripped out

31/01/2011 Jozef Schildermans 0

Almost half of all vineyards in Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region, were ripped out in the past eighteen months, reports the Australian newspaper Newscastle Herald based on information from the Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association. Fifteen hundred of the 3,250 hectares of vineyards in the valley or 46% of the total have disappeared, especially in the Upper Hunter Valley, where > Read more …

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Demand for Australian wine dries up

16/10/2009 Jozef Schildermans 0

The Australian wine industry is in dire straits and the economic crisis is not the only one to blame. Australia produces too much wine, the Australian dollar is too expensive, the image of Australian wine is damaged by cheap labels such as Yellow Tale and Rosemount and the industry in recent years failed to renew itself or diversify. Nearly 8,000 > Read more …

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First Fall in Fifteen Years for Australian Wine Exports

12/01/2009 Jozef Schildermans 0

Australian wine exports slumbed for the first time in fifteen years, reports The Australian. Last year Australia exported eleven percent less measured by volume and eighteen percent less measured by value. Reasons for the decline are the global financial crisis, the increasing competition from other countries and currency fluctuations. Britain, one of the most important wine markets for the Australians, > Read more …

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Ernstige droogte in Australië bedreigt voorbestaan van duizend wijnbouwers

07/01/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

De zware droogte die Australië nu al maandenlang teistert, zou het einde kunnen betekenen van duizend van de 7.500 wijnbouwers in het land. Dit schrijft de Sydney Morning Herald. Het grote merendeel van de bedreigde wijnbouwers is gevestigd in het 3.430 km lange bassin van Murray-Darling, waar zestig à zeventig procent van de totale Australische wijnproductie vandaan komt. Deze regio > Read more …

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Australische wijngigant Foster’s Group introduceert plastic wijnflessen

30/07/2007 Jozef Schildermans 0

The Australian wine giant Forster’s Group is the first in the world to bottle wine in recyclable plastic bottles. Wines of the Forster’s brand Wolf Blass will shortly be offered in plastic PET bottles in Canadian and British supermarkets. Oliver Horn of Wolf Blass (in The Advertiser) lists the many advantages of PET bottles: lighter, more easily transportable, unbreakable, and > Read more …

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Leasingham Magnus Riesling 2003

16/05/2004 Jozef Schildermans 0

Leasingham Magnus Riesling Clare Valley 2003. 13%. Appelfruit en minieme rijpe toetsen in de neus. In de mond voldoende verfrissende zuren en rijp appelfruit, met een kleine mineralige toets. Fris en fruitig, maar niet erg complex. Goed. 86/100. 8,2 euro is iets te duur voor wat dit is. Verkrijgbaar bij Colruyt Klassewijnen. Afgesloten met schroefdop (zoals de meeste Australische Riesling’s): > Read more …