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Australian UK wine exports continue to rise

Published: 29 April, 2021

Australian wine exports to the UK continued to rise in the last 12 months, with both value and volume in double-digit growth.

Fine Wine Partners rebrands to Accolade Fine Wines

Published: 22 April, 2021

Accolade Wines ' fine wines division has been re-named Accolade Fine Wines by the company in order to facilitate a “customer-centric offering” which will move away from focusing on brands only within Australia.

Calabria Family Wines acquires McWilliam’s Wines

Published: 06 April, 2021

Riverina and Barossa Valley winemaker Calabria Family Wines has acquired McWilliam’s Wines, for an undisclosed sum.

Wine Australia unveils largest global promotion to date

Published: 01 April, 2021

Wine Australia has unveiled its largest global promotion to push Oz wine to date.

Australian wine sales exceed supply for third year

Published: 30 March, 2021

Australian wine sales during 2019 to 2020 exceeded supply for the third year in a row impacted by drought conditions and bushfires in some regions of the country.

Accolade acquires Barossa winery Rolf Binder Wines

Published: 17 March, 2021

Accolade Wines has acquired Rolf Binder Wines in the Barossa Valley as part of its ongoing growth strategy and commitment to the Barossa and South Australian wine region.

Accolade snaps up Heuzenroeder from Yalumba

Published: 24 February, 2021

Accolade Wines has appointed Teresa Heuzenroeder as its new senior winemaker and manager for its Tintara facility.

Brampton resigns as TWE European MD

Published: 22 February, 2021

Michelle Brampton has resigned from her role as MD of Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

UK demand for Oz wine up in wake of Covid and Brexit

Published: 03 February, 2021

Sales of Australian wine in the UK have been boosted since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic and in the months leading up to Brexit, according to Wine Australia’s latest Export Report.

ABS launches Oz tasting in absence of generic event

Published: 11 January, 2021

Awin Barratt Siegel Wine Agencies (ABS) is gearing up to host its own virtual Australia portfolio tasting in light of the cancellation of the generic annual Australia tasting.

Lawmakers line up worldwide to protest China’s Oz wine tax

Published: 02 December, 2020

A group of over 200 MPs and other legislators from 19 countries have launched a campaign against China’s swingeing new tariffs on Australian wine.

Oz wines hit with huge Chinese import taxes

Published: 30 November, 2020

China has imposed taxes of up to 212% on imports of Australian wine.

Accolade names Katnook Estate senior winemaker

Published: 30 November, 2020

Accolade Wines has named Natalie Cleghorn as senior winemaker and manager for Coonawarra’s premium Katnook Estate.

South Australia targets emerging Asian markets following China uncertainty

Published: 24 November, 2020

A South Australian program has been launched to help open up access to markets in Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and India in the wake of continued uncertainty around shipments to China.

C&C Wines partners with Accolade

Published: 20 November, 2020

Carson & Carnevale Wines (C&C Wines) has partnered with Fine Wine Partners, the fine wine division of Accolade Wines, to boost its Australian offering.

Calabria acquires three wine brands from Henkell Freixenet

Published: 12 November, 2020

Calabria Family Wines has acquired a trio of Australian wine brands – Deakin Estate, La La Land and Azahara, from Wingara Wine Group [part of Henkell Freixenet], for an undisclosed sum.

Uncertainty continues over Oz wine exports to China

Published: 10 November, 2020

Confusion continues over a potential block on Australian wine imports by China in response to ongoing tensions between Canberra and Beijing.

Oz wine exports to China under threat

Published: 06 November, 2020

As the result of an escalation of tensions between Beijing and Canberra, Australian wine exporters are caught up in a raft of products that China has said it will ban for import from Friday 6 November.

Banrock Station launches first flat-bottled wines

Published: 03 November, 2020

Banrock Station, the Accolade Wines brand, is to release two of its wines in flat bottles made from 100% recycled plastic for the first time.

UK helps Australian wine exports hit highest level since 2007

Published: 28 October, 2020

Global Australian wine exports were up 4% to $2.998bn in the 12 months to September 2020, with all of its top-five export markets showing growth including the UK, according to Wine Australia’s latest export report.