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NZ wines inflict pain on Aussie producers

Is it a New Zealand wine invasion of Australia, or is it just normal international trade?

Some people in the Australian wine industry are irked by the growing popularity of New Zealand wine wines on their local market.

Others are more relaxed about it, pointing out that Australia has been exporting wine to New Zealand for decades.

 (Graphic courtesy of Weekly Times newspaper, Australia)


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December 2009 - January 2010

The Australian wine industry is not happy with the way New Zealand's sauvignon blanc and chardonnary wines are capturing hearts from Perth to Sydney. We gauge the reation in the December-January issue of Wine Technology in New Zealand.   We also look at the on-going success of Hawke's Bay wines in shows here in New Zealand and overseas.

Sustainable wine production is another feature of the magazine, with Yealands launching a sav blanc in plastic, and a Hawke's Bay company looking at producing a 900ml plastic bottle with the exact outside dimensions of a normal 750ml glass unit.

Jo Hooker from Corbans Viticulture asks, what is sustainable viticulture, and Max Marriott takes a look at some of the lesser- known grape varieties that could have made the big time in New Zealand, had sauvignon blanc not swept all before it.

A new training programme aims to lift winery and viticulture skills and Babich launches an organic sauvignon blanc.
The noise from frost fans has been upsetting the locals in Marlborough - we look at moves by the Marlborough District Council to mollify the complaints.
Wine critic Peter Saunders reviews two new books and we mark 75 years of wine production for Selaks, with an amusing and poignant look at the history of this great wine industry family.

 
For editorial contributions for our next issue, contact the editor: grahamh@tplmedia.co.nz

 
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