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GrapeGrowers & Vignerons
+ Wine tax under review despite warnings
+ Industry wins with historic agreement
+ Merbein victim of Fed's razor gang
+ UK given virtual tastings of Aust wines
+ Wine wetland restores biodiversity
+ Koreans take note of Qld wine scene
+ Estimates rely on grasping at variability
+ Shared load makes marketing sense
+ Uni trials focus on water after drought
+ Accomplished winemaker returns to Aust

Wine tax under review despite warnings

THE Federal Government's tax policies relating to alcohol are under review despite strong warnings of the dire consequences by the grape and wine industries. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Industry wins with historic agreement

AUSTRALIAN winemakers are poised to be big winners from the historic free trade agreement negotiated between the Association of South East Asian Nations and Australia and New Zealand on August 28. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Merbein victim of Fed's razor gang

THE CSIRO decision to close its horticultural research plant at Merbein, has triggered a storm of protest. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

UK given virtual tastings of Aust wines

MORE than 100,000 known consumers around Britain received a virtual bottle of Australian wine in their email inbox recently, in a marketing campaign to promote regional distinctions. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Wine wetland restores biodiversity

AN extensive wetland project established at McLaren Vale, south of Adelaide, by Gemtree Vineyards to improve the sustainability and quality of its wine production has attracted national recognition an GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Koreans take note of Qld wine scene

QUEENSLAND wines are the toast of Korea thanks to a 25-page promotion in the country's prestigious Wine Review, targeting 15,000 wine buffs. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Estimates rely on grasping at variability

EVEN with sophisticated measuring, the accuracy of yield forecasting nationally still has an average 30 per cent error in its results. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Shared load makes marketing sense

THE tyranny of distance has always been a factor in the success or failure of small wine businesses. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Uni trials focus on water after drought

STUDIES into vine recovery after drought could change the way vineyards apportion scarce water reserves in the future. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

Accomplished winemaker returns to Aust

IT was an opportunity that just had to be taken, South Australian winemaker Corey Ryan says. GrapeGrowers & Vignerons+

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