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Australian Vintage has been recognised for its commitment and understanding of sustainable winegrowing practices.

Eventbrite - Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show presents 2023 Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show - Thursday, 9 November 2023 | Sunday, 12 November 2023 at Various Venues, Mildura, VIC. Find event and ticket information.

In this week’s briefcase, Adelaide companies achieve spacecraft milestone, crop production reaches record high and South Australia is commended for its sustainable seafood. Plus upcoming business events in South Australia.

Soot on the base of a vine post-fire in Cornell Vineyards. Photo by Matt Morris. “The Gamble fire came from the north, 15-10 from the south, and Hennessey from the west—they all came here and partied,” says Craig Becker, the proprietor of Somerston Estate in Napa, Calif. The 1,682-acre property saw approximately 1,400 acres of damage, including the loss of 20,000 vines during the LNU Lightning Complex Fire. Becker is just one of many growers whose vines were damaged during the 2020 wildfi...

The Inaugural Vineyard of the Year Awards winners March 17th, 2021 Image: Matt Swinney (L) and Lee Haselgrove, Vineyard of the Year winners. After a six-month search that has included multiple rounds of judging and site inspections of vineyards around Australia, Young Gun of Wine has announced the trophy winners for the inaugural Vineyard of the Year Awards. The judging panel consisted of Max Allen, Dr Mary Cole, Dr Peter Dry AM, Dr Mardi Longbottom, Dr Irina Santiago-Brown and Mark Walpole. Th...

by Dudley Brown Image adapted from the film Young Frankenstein featuring Dr. Mardi Longbottom from AWRI and SWA – Sustainable Winegrowing Australia as “Little Frankie” The purpose of certification systems of any sort is to communicate integrity between distant producers and consumers. At their best, they provide an assurance meaningful enough to sway a purchase toward a certified producer thereby creating a flywheel effect of better behaviour, better products and increased uptake by produ...