Read articles written by Jim Moularadellis, analysing key aspects of the Australian Bulk Wine market.
Read monthly wine export approval statistics provided by the Australian Grape and Wine Authority.
The current outlook for 2009 is for another reasonably significant crop, at least similar in size to 2008. There is currently little evidence that might suggest otherwise. If anywhere near the entire crop is harvested, this will be in excess of the Australian wine industry’s current annual sales, so it is less likely that the […]
Australian wine has been short for some time. The shortage is due to extremely limited water availability resulting from drought. But the 2008 vintage came in well above expectations at 1.83m tonnes, 31% higher than 2007, despite some of the strictest water restrictions ever seen. So how did we produce so much wine with so […]
Over the last 15 months the Australian Wine Industry has experienced a rollercoaster ride from oversupply, induced by the late 1990’s planting boom, to undersupply, induced by the 2006/7 drought. Click on the following link to read more:2008 Pre-Vintage Bulk Wine Review – January 2008
What are the consequences of the drought induced reduction in the 2007 Australian wine grape harvest? Are recent bulk wine price increases sustainable in light of our planted vineyard area, or are we experiencing a false dawn ahead of a terror stretch for the industry yet to come? Click on the following link to read […]
What’s happening in the bulk market leading into the 2007 vintage? Could it be that we’ve reached a pivotal point in the market that signals an end to the current downward leg of the wine industry cycle? Click on the following link to read more: 2007 Pre-Vintage Bulk Wine Review – January 2007
Was the 2006 Australian wine grape harvest just another in a series of seemingly unstoppable surges in wine production, or are there signs that we are somewhere near the bottom of the current wine industry downturn? Click on the following link to read more: 2006 Post-Vintage Bulk Wine Review – August 2006
