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Langton's Classification of Australian Wine is a listing of fine Australian wines compiled by wine-specialist auction house and online merchant Langton's. The Classification is a ranking of the best-performing Australian wines based on secondary market support over a minimum of 10 vintages. It was first published in 1991.
In the late 1980s, governments sponsored growers to pull out their vines when Australia was a net importer of wine. [16] Low grape prices in 2005 and 2006 have led to calls for another sponsored vine pull. [17] Cleanskin wines were introduced into Australia during the 1960s as a means to combat oversupply and poor sales.
Kingston Estate winery was established in 1979 by Sarantos and Constantina Moularadellis.. It is a family-owned winery now in the care of Bill Moularadellis.He expanded the business by developing vineyards throughout the Riverland and sourcing grapes from farmers in Adelaide Hills, Coonawarra, Clare Valley, and Langhorne Creek.
Firstly, due to the partners’ notable experience in e-commerce— in particular, online wine trading. [20] Secondly, due to a substantial rise in Australian wine sales in 2016, driven mostly by the success of rival Australian wine company, Treasury Wine Estates, owner of the brands Penfolds, Wolf Blass and more. [20]
Yellow Tail was developed for the Casella family winery to enter into the bottled wine market—having previously supplied bulk wine to other wineries. [3] The Yellow Tail brand was developed in 2000 and was originally produced for the export market. It became the number one imported wine to the United States in 2011. [3] [4]
Australia lodged a complaint over China's tariffs on its wine at the WTO in 2021. Until the tariffs, China was Australia's top wine export market, peaking at A$1.2 billion ($804 million) for the ...
The wine industry operates under the Wine Australia Act 2013 [46] and the Wine Australia Regulations 2018. [47] They define the relationship between the Australian Government and the industry as a whole, including the grape growers, winemakers and various representative bodies, as exercised through the relevant Minister, set out the standards by which the industry must operate and penalties ...
The first vintage of Penfolds Grange was made on an experimental basis in 1951 by Penfolds winemaker Max Schubert and were largely given away at the time. [2] Having toured Europe in 1950, Schubert implemented wine-making techniques observed in Bordeaux upon his return, aiming to create a red wine able to rival the finest Bordeaux wines both in terms of quality and ageing potential.