The China files

Australian wine exports are on fire at the moment, mostly driven by a fifty-one per cent year-on-year growth into China. Recently, I heard a statistic that blew my mind and put this into perspective: Australia now exports to China in one day the same amount of wine that was exported across a whole year in 2008.

So, what does this mean for our Fleurieu wine producers? How does this change the industry and our region? I was lucky enough to attend the recent Vinexpo Hong Kong, one of the biggest wine trade shows on the planet. This year, Australia was recognised as the country of honour; twenty-one wine brands of all sizes from the Fleurieu were represented, with many familiar faces behind