This article examines in detail what tax Australian consumers pay on their favourite tipples

Booming exports are driving up domestic wine prices. And because of distance and a weak Aussie dollar, we won’t be saved by imports. Just thinking about it gives me a hangover.

Rutherglen’s historic All Saints wineries stumbled and was almost revived by Mike Fallon. However, Fallon died suddenly. Fortunately, Brown Bros bought All Saints and completed the restoration.

Just as the export boom encourage domestic price increases, Alambie Wine Company hit the scene offering everyday quaffers at the right price

The Federal Government’s hike in wholesale tax is bigger than it seems at first glance and has the potential to undermine Australia’s wine industry and to hasten retail and producer consolidation

The cool, wet 1993 vintage didn’t prove to be the disaster expected in Coonawarra and Padthaway. Whites in particular look good

Comments on the 1993 vintage

Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon is an international blue chip in the making