Today
This Rich Lister sees a wave of distressed wine sales coming
The MD of Casella Family Brands, owner of Australia’s biggest-selling wine export brand Yellow Tail, says the under $10 per bottle segment is still shrinking.
- Simon Evans
This Month
Treasury Wines to lift Penfolds prices as China loosens tariffs
The country’s largest wine producers say there has been an immediate increase in demand from importers after Beijing loosened trade restrictions last week.
- Updated
- Simon Evans and Michael Smith
March
Rebuilding wine sales in China to take time: minister
Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres welcomed China’s removal of tariffs on Australian wine but said rebuilding the $1.1 billion trade will take time.
- Tess Ikonomou
- Analysis
- China relations
China’s trade coercion tactics on ice as wine tariffs removed
With the end of the tariffs, Australia is being lauded as an example in other sanction-hit countries like Japan, Korea and Taiwan of how to stand up to Beijing’s bullying.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
China removes punishing tariffs on Australian wine trade
Beijing says the restrictions, which had devastated local winemakers, will be removed on Friday, and big producers have applauded the change.
- Simon Evans and Michael Smith
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Life & Leisure
Precious old vintages from the Barossa set for release
In Australia’s oldest wine region, well-cellared treasures, from wines to whiskies are being unearthed. Here’s a few to earmark.
- Max Allen
Yarra Valley winery unveils $7m refurb
Victoria’s Balgownie Estate has had a revamp after a major fire in 2020.
- Gus McCubbing
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Life & Leisure
This is one of the best wines I’ve tried all year
The latest vintage of Dalwhinnie’s Eagle shiraz has landed – and it’s easily the best young Eagle I can remember tasting.
- Max Allen
Wine glut expected to plague growers for at least next two years
Excavators are “booked out for six weeks” near Griffith as grape growers rip out vineyards in the wake of punishing China wine tariffs and a shift in consumer tastes.
- Simon Evans
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Life & Leisure
From the name to the palate, this wine’s a charm
New owners and a top winemaker take a Clare Valley stalwart to new heights.
- Max Allen
Treasury Wine set for $100m profit bump
The owner of Seppeltsfield Estate and Gemtree says the company took a $40m hit from Chinese wine tariffs and regaining lost sales could take three years.
- Simon Evans
Treasury Wines ‘optimistic’ about proposed removal of Chinese tariffs
The CEO of Treasury Wines, Tim Ford, is “pleased” by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s draft intention to remove tariffs on Australian wines.
- Simon Evans
Think your wine comes from a boutique winemaker? Think again
An explosion in the number and sophistication of own-brand bottles produced by the largest retailers is creating a war for shelf space.
- Jemima Whyte, Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
‘Investments of passion’: Why I spent $15,000 on wine in three years
Tim Baker was bitten by the wine bug in France.
- Louis White
February
This booze-free spritz is one of Max Allen’s top summer drinks
Brands are no longer trying to recreate the real thing with less alcohol. The newest no-lo options have flavours all of their own.
- Max Allen
Accolade Wines to squeeze grape suppliers under new owners
Carlyle Group will relinquish control of the company – which owns Hardy’s, Grant Burge, Croser and Banrock Station – after buying it for $1 billion in 2018.
- Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
January
Treasury Wine’s US division getting weaker: Citi
Foot traffic around the wine maker’s key US vineyards was mixed in December, according to the broker.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Accolade Wines restructure looms but China no golden ticket
Bain Special Situations and Sona Asset Management, two specialists in distressed assets, are poised to take control of the country’s second-largest winemaker.
- Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
December 2023
Four leaders with four tough challenges in 2024
For Treasury Wines CEO Tim Ford, Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson, Liontown’s Tony Ottaviano and Housing Australia’s Nathan Dal Bon the stakes have rarely been higher.
- Simon Evans, Peter Ker, Ayesha de Kretser and Nick Lenaghan
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Champagne or sparkling: Max Allen’s taste test results revealed
Our expert takes a bunch of champagnes and a bunch of top Australian sparkling wines, pops the corks and puts them to a blind taste test.
- Max Allen
