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• Talijancich Wines: family comes first for winemaker

  08-12-2016 00:37
  IT IS going to be a very Talijancich Christmas for the third-generation family of Swan Valley winemakers. It was a very busy but exciting year for the Herne Hill winery, which took out a host of awards at the Swan Valley Wine Show Awards in August, including Wine of the Show for the Julian James White Liqueur. However, for head winemaker James Talijancich, nothing is more important than family. “All of our four kids, who are aged between 23 and 30, will be home for Christmas this year,&rdq
  
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• Rockburn Wines appoints Rebecca Poynter as new GM

  08-12-2016 00:37
  Rockburn Wines is pleased to announce that Rebecca Poynter has been appointed as their new General Manager, following the resignation of Paul Donaghy who, after six years with the winery, is leaving to pursue new projects. Ms. Poynter has extensive wine industry experience in general management, sales, marketing, FMCG and export market development for Australian and New Zealand wineries, and will return from over ten years in Australia to take up this position. “I am excited to be returnin
  
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• NZ winery reveals plans for ‘vineyard village’

  08-12-2016 00:37
  A New Zealand winery has unveiled plans for a vineyard village in Central Otago, which if approved will result in the development of a community complex featuring residential accommodation and commercial outlets within a working vineyard. Founded in 2002, the Wooing Tree Vineyard is a family-owned and operated vineyard in Cromwell, Central Otago. Its owners, Geoff and Jane Bews and Steve and Thea Farquharson, are hoping to build the ‘Wooing Tree Estate’ within the 26-hectare vineyard
  
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• McLaren Vale making ‘best grenache’ in OZ

  08-12-2016 00:37
  Producers in the McLaren Vale are united in their opinion that they are currently making the best expressions of Grenache in Australia at the moment. Speaking to the drinks business during a recent visit to the region, Chester Osborn of d’Arenberg was the first to throw down the gauntlet. “I think the McLaren Vale is the best place for Grenache in Australia right now. It’s so fragrant and is halfway between Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côte Rôtie in style. “M
  
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• Heathcote wineries to benefit

  08-12-2016 00:37
  Australian Vignerons has welcomed the recent announcement by Canberra in regard to reform of the wine equalisation (WET) rebate. And so will the Heathcote wine region’s many small family-owned and operated wineries, for whom the rebate was originally intended. Well-intentioned changes in the 2016 budget to redress unintended consequences of the rebate created concerns across the wine industry, in relation to the eligibility criteria and outcomes. “Thankfully, the government has liste
  
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• Climate change battle heats up for Australian winemakers

  08-12-2016 00:37
  When an unprecedented heatwave hit South Australia state, home to the world-renowned Barossa Valley winemaking region, viticulturists fretted about the impact on their grapes. The crops survived, but the extreme weather last year was a reminder of how climate change can hurt a resurgent $2 billion export industry boosted by Chinese thirst for Australian premium red wine. "I've been here for 20 years ... and we're seeing more severity in the weather," winemaker James Sweetapple told at his vineya
  
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• A bug’s life for sustainability? It’s only natural,

  08-12-2016 00:37
  As one of Australia’s premier wine producers, Adam Torpy knows the importance of preserving the natural value of the land. And he’s enlisted an unlikely insect army to help. It was after visiting a vineyard in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley with his family that 16-year-old Adam Torpy learnt the lesson that still drives him today. Even though he was not legally allowed to drink, the future wine executive immediately realised how the natural landscape was intimately entwined with what c
  
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