SHOCK DOWN UNDER: WILL THEY TURN INTO TERROIRISTS?
By LINCOLN SILIAKUS
Last year, the value of Australian wine exports fell by 18% in value, and 11% in volume.
The fall in value to the UK was 18% and to the US 26%.
It’s not just the crisis. Oversupply of grapes has held down prices, and quality was affected by heatwaves and drought.
The Aussies are also suffering from their image as makers of easy drinking, predictable plummy varietal wines.
Some are even talking up the glories of their soils. Having sneered at it for years, are they now going to use the dreaded “T” word?
Meanwhile, I have been judging for the Wine Producers Association for the northern Greekvineyard in Thessaloniki…