A new online toolkit is helping individuals and grape and wine businesses take practical steps towards achieving gender equity. At a time when Australia’s wine sector faces significant economic and structural challenges, improving diversity and inclusion remains essential to building a strong, sustainable workforce for the future.
Wine Australia turned its attention to Malaysia last month as part of the Australian Food and Wine Collaboration Group’s latest in-market activation, designed to increase market access and improve bilateral trade for producers of Australia's finest wine and food.
Wine Australia’s recent roadshows in mainland China and Japan attracted a turnout of more than 2,000 trade, media and educators to experience Australian wines throughout September.
The events aimed to strengthen Australian wine’s presence in these important Asian markets; building momentum in mainland China following the removal of tariffs in 2024, and deepening engagement in Japan to support long-term market diversification.
Grapegrowing, winemaking and wine-related tourism contributes $51.3 billion to the Australian economy and supports more than 200,000 jobs, according to the Economic Contribution of the Australian Wine Sector 2025 report released by Wine Australia today.
Thanks to funding from the Australian Government, Australian winegrape growers are set to benefit from commercialisation of an infield monitoring system that informs growers in real-time whether the smoke from a bushfire or controlled burns is likely to taint their winegrapes.
Wine Australia’s PhD top-up scholarship program plays an important role in attracting postgraduate students to wine, viticulture and wine business research needed to help improve the sustainability and profitability of the Australian grape and wine sector.
Participants from Queensland’s Next Crop regional leadership program graduated on Friday 17 October.
Next Crop is funded by Wine Australia and enables regions to design and deliver their own bespoke leadership development program. Next Crop Queensland has been running since July and featured four modules focusing on foundational leadership, strategic marketing, people management and career planning.
Barossa Valley winery Kaesler Wines has cut its refrigeration energy use by half after adopting cloud-based cooling control technology — demonstrating how digital innovation can deliver immediate savings and sustainability gains for wine businesses.
Wine Australia will release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to build the National Vineyard Register later this month.
The National Vineyard Register was identified by industry as a key priority for the One Grape & Wine Sector Plan to support decision-making to rebalance supply and demand.
Dr Fiona Constable is no stranger to the Australian wine sector. Based at Agriculture Victoria, the plant pathologist has been involved in a number of research projects on grapevine virus and virus-like diseases during her career, including Grapevine Yellows and Grapevine Pinot Gris Virus (GPGV).
The Australian domestic market is the largest market for Australian wine, accounting for four in every ten bottles of wine sold. However, until recently there has been very little information readily available about this crucial market. Wine Australia’s recently completed Improving Market Transparency Project has changed that – bringing a range of new insights to the sector. This market bulletin describes what they are and where to find them.
In the 12 months ended June 2025, Australian wine exports increased by 13 per cent in value to $2.48 billion and 3 per cent in volume to 639 million litres, according to Wine Australia’s Export Report released today. The average value of exports increased by 10 per cent to $3.88 per litre Free on Board (FOB).
Recent data suggests that wine’s traditional role in the Australian on-premise channel is in decline. While interest in wine hasn’t disappeared, changing tastes, rising expectations and operational challenges are changing the way Australians engage with wine in bars, pubs and restaurants.
This market bulletin examines the main findings of the 2025 National Vintage Survey and what they mean for the wine sector.
Wine Australia’s new online Grape Growing Cost Calculator provides a quick and easily accessible way to estimate the cost of growing grapes, helping growers understand the contribution of different cost components and the impact of changes to any of these on the bottom line.