Much commentary this week in the wine world (probably due to the fallout of the Henry Tax rulings that has not only greatly affected the Australian Mining Industry, but every other sector) has focused on the over supply of grapes and recommendations by the Wine lobbyists that some of Australia’s premier wine regions, such as [...]
A recent article in the Grapegrowers & Vignerons Magazine, Year of change for Aus in the UK by Shay Bayly pointed out what is fast becoming an oozing sore for the reputation of the Australian Wine Industry abroad. Tesco’s in the UK it seems have asked the producers of Australian wine to retain the personality [...]
At the The Wine Blokes we’ve embraced the concept of Fair Trade. To be honest, prior to investigating a little further, we had limited knowledge of the scope and consequence of the fair trade movement. Sure, we’ve all drunk Fairtrade coffee, and even consumed Fairtrade chocolate. But we have to admit, we never really stopped [...]
The conjecture on global warming has gained momentum over the last few years and almost no industry has been left untouched by the looming economic and social upheavel as a consequence of whatever action is taken. As we work in the wine industry and rely on the environment to produce wine, including macro climatic, meso [...]
I was having a discussion today with a well known former winemaker of a very well known Australian Wine Company, and we both agreed to disagree on the advantages and disadvantages of screw cap closures versus traditional cork. The wine media and consequently the wine consumer in general have overwhelmingly accepted screw cap as the [...]
As the global financial crisis, or GFC, continues to unravel, and more and more businesses start to feel the pinch, larger wine companies with good cash flow and infrastructure could well be licking their lips. It seems that consumers, rather than reduce their consumption of wine, they are instead buying less expensive wine, and more [...]
Although it is now fairly easy to find imported berries in supermarkets at any time of the year, there really is no beating a home-grown crop for flavour and freshness. The UK season begins in late May with berries which have been grown under plastic or in poly-tunnels, and usually finishes around the end of [...]
The French and Italians have known it for centuries, and have been enjoying the health benefits of good wine and food amongst world catastrophes and miracles. But still, our learned scientists can’t seem to agree if wine actually is good for your health, and if it is, why? Almost everyday you hear via the news [...]
I grew up on a small family owned vineyard that grew into a small family owned wine company and brand over 20 years or so. Our family sold the vineyard and winery to others who had the ability to grow it to the next level. By global standards, it was extremely small, producing only around 5000 cases a [...]
The boys at Qwoff have an interesting thread on their forum at the moment (you can read it hear: http://bit.ly/b0E6dS). The question being why are breweries buying wineries? It’s actually a pretty good question as even though there are many similarities between the brewery business and wineries, there are also some significant differences that sometimes [...]
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