Hardys has again been announced the world’s most powerful Australian wine brand in an annual study of the world’s top wine and spirits brands.
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Lion Nathan has acquired the USA wine importer Cumulus Wine Inc. (CWI), a subsidiary of the New South Wales based Cumulus Group, establishing a new wine import company Lion Nathan USA Inc, thereby guaranteeing a platform for Lion Nathan’s Australian and New Zealand premium wine portfolio in the USA market.
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Lion Nathan Limited (Lion Nathan) has posted a strong interim result, lifting operating net profit after tax (NPAT) by 7.0% to $167.7 million for the six months to 31 March 2008. Net sales revenue again grew strongly, rising 7.9% to $1.12 billion as increased investment in marketing and innovation initiatives continued to encourage drinkers to shift to higher equity national and premium brands. The robust revenue improvement was also assisted by the earlier timing of Easter in 2008 and the inclusion of almost three months of Boag’s trading following its acquisition in January 2008.
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Award-winning Adelaide Hills boutique winery, Abbey Rock Wines, is for sale after being placed into voluntary administration at the request of its directors.
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If you want a new way to stimulate wine talk - and even a little competition - around the dining table, grab a laptop and go online to www.wineaustralia.com/regionalheroes
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In the year ended April 2008, the volume of Australian wine exports declined 8.5% to 730 million litres. Value declined by 4% to A$2.81 billion on an average price increase of 4% to A$3.85 per litre.
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Melbourne software company, JX2 Technology, today announced the installation of its dynamic web based solution, VINx2, into two wineries considered by the wine industry to be at the forefront of technical innovation: Josef Chromy Wines of Tasmania and The Vintage Wineworx of Western Australia. Both adopted VINx2 ahead of vintage 2008 - now successfully underway.
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Teresa Gibellini, Vineyard Manager of GM and G Vines has been named the recipient of the 2007/08 Viticultural Excellence award for her work at Glamorgan Estate.
The relatively young Indian wine sector is looking to Australia and other places around the world to help it meet increasing demand for quality wine in India.
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At almost 50% complete, the 2008 Australian winegrape harvest looks set to deliver between 1.55 and 1.65 million tonnes.
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Following approval from the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office, Pernod Ricard confirms successful completion of the Framingham brand, winery and vineyard sale to Sogrape effective 31st January 2008. In accordance with the agreement, Pernod Ricard retains the distribution rights for Framingham in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Travel Retail markets.
A viticultural contractor was fined $7000 after pleading guilty to failing to obtain a permit from the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) before moving his used grape harvester out of a Phylloxera Infested Zone (PIZ). Continue reading ‘Australia: Grape harvester prosecution sends strong message’
Volume shipments decline, average price rise
In the year ended January 2008, Australian wine export volumes declined 0.1% to 770 million litres. Value grew 3% to A$2.95 billion and average price grew 3% to $3.83 per litre.
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Premium Barossa based producer, Thorn Clarke, has moved its U.K distribution to Alliance Wine, current IWC Australian Specialist Merchant of the Year.
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Value growth outstrips volume growth
Australian wine export value growth outstripped volume growth in 2007. Value grew 6% to hit A$3 billion and
volume grew 3% to reach 785 million litres. While the incremental volume growth of 26 million litres was the smallest
since 1997, the incremental value growth of A$178 million was the largest since 2004. The strong value growth was
on the back of a 3% increase in average price to A$3.83 per litre, the first time average price has increased on a
calendar basis since 2002.
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The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia is pleased to announce that Version 1.0 of the wine industry carbon footprint protocol and calculation tool is now complete and available for use.
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In the year ended November 2007, Australian wine export volumes grew 6% to 795 million litres and value grew 8% to A$3.02 billion. The average price grew 2% to $3.80 per litre, the second month the change in price has been positive on amoving annual total (MAT) basis. While the year ended November results represent a slowing in volume growth – it was the smallest volume increment in nineyears, at 44 million litres – the value growth was the biggest in three years, at an increment of A$227 million.
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