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Want to know which wines are being collected? Get the inside scoop from the team at Wine Ark – Australia’s ‘wine bank’, storing the national reserve of Australia’s best known and clearly most loved wine brands with the release of ‘Australia’s Most Collected Wines 2016’. The results may not be all you think they’ll be. It’s almost like ‘wine insider trading’ – knowing who is storing what in the vaults ...

Winners of the 2016 Hunter Valley Wine Show were announced at the Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley today. Chairman of the Judges, PJ Charteris, said the standout from the entries tasted this year was the region’s semillon. “The 2016 semillons were nothing short of exceptional!” Charteris said. Despite a challenging vintage, Charteris said that winemakers in the Hunter are remaining committed to putting quality first. In the face of adversity, the region’s winemakers in 2016 ...

The 2016 Australian Craft Beer Survey by Beer Cartel has received 6,500 respondents, showing craft beer as a segment not only in growth but getting traction with it’s fan base. The data provides a birds-eye view of this young and exciting industry. Key findings from the research include: Feral Brewing voted Australia’s best craft brewery Victoria voted Australia’s best State for craft beer Australia voted the best beer producing nation in the World ...

Brown-Forman Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands will see Marc Satterthwaite bring nearly three decades of industry sales, marketing, and operations experience to the newly appointed position as Managing Director. Having served in a variety of roles within Brown-Forman internationally, Mr. Satterthwaite has developed his skills as an effective builder of businesses, brands, and teams. He has held a number of leadership positions, including division director for the U.S. Central ...

The National Independent Liquor Wholesalers Association (NILWA) has announced a new member -  Coast to Coast Liquor Distributors from Mona Vale NSW following the board meeting in early May. Also decided at the board meeting; incumbent CEO Martin O’Mara was elected Executive Chairman, Rex DÁquino, founding member and director, was elected Deputy Chairman and Jenny Hughes, Business Manager, was promoted to General Manager. Martin has held various management roles at NILWA ...

Treasury Wine Estates has announced the introduction of the Blossom Hill brand into the Australian market, following the acquisition of most of Diageo’s wine division last year. The Blossom Hill brand, established in California in 1992, is a multi-million case brand, and is the leading white wine and rosé wine, and number two red wine sold in the UK. It is described as a light, approachable and easy drinking wine with ...

SouthTrade International will welcome Southern Comfort and Tuaca to its portfolio as of June 1 this year. The two brands were recently purchased from Brown Forman by Sazerac (the home of Buffalo Trace and Fireball). “We are very excited about the opportunity to acquire such iconic brands.  Brown-Forman has done an excellent job of building both brands over the years and we are looking forward to many more years of successful brand building. SouthTrade is ...

Australian Vintage Limited is one of Australia’s largest wine producers and the architect of some of the country’s most recognisable brands, including McGuigan, Tempus Two and Nepenthe. But despite brand notoriety and years of award-winning winemaking under the belt, some confusion remains around just who Australian Vintage Ltd is. So, Ashley Pini, Publishing Editor or drinks bulletin, sat down with General Manager for Australasia and North America, Cameron Ferguson, to set the ...

ProWine ASIA 2016, the newest addition to ProWein World, has concluded with valuable new business contacts made with like-minded industry partners from Southeast Asia and beyond. Held alongside the 20th edition of Food&HotelAsia2016 (FHA2016), ProWine ASIA 2016 played host to 257 established wine producers and distributors from 30 countries. More significant was the impressive 8,285 attendees, including trade visitors, masterclass and seminar speakers and delegates from 44 countries and regions ...

The Singapore extension of the highly regarded Dusseldorf based ProWein exhibition launched last week in conjunction with Food & Hotel Asia 2016, delivering large visitor numbers from trade delegations from 71 countries. Ashley Pini attended the conference, training sessions and the trade exhibition reporting for drinks trade. It’s day three of the ProWine Asia 2016 and the 6,000th visitor has passed through the gates. The partner exhibition, Food & Hotel, ...