WBM July / August 2021

In the July/ August 2021 issue of Wine Business Magazine:

The last frontier

David LeMire MW interviews three operators who are setting the benchmark in Australia for selling wine online.

An hour with Peter Gago

Katie Spain sits down with Peter Gago as Penfolds celebrates the 70th anniversary of Grange. Penfolds winemaking has never been more innovative.

Vessel ‘Wrestle’ at Gemtree

Gemtree in McLaren Vale made a wine from the same fruit but matured it in two very different vessels. So what came first, the oak or the egg?

Design Clinic: Beautiful Labels

Australian wine packaging has never looked better thanks to some of this country’s best design studios, who showcase their finest work in the WBM Design Clinic.

Luxury comes to the Barossa

With the Australian wine industry gearing up for luxury tourism, the timing of Kingsford The Barossa is perfect. Howard Duncan had a sneaky look. He’s mighty impressed.

Carbon reduction

Glass does a good job in wine packaging – it is not going to go away – but that’s not to say we shouldn’t be thinking about packaging alternatives.

Business

So you want to sell the business? Forget the romance of wine, selling your business will all come down to the nuts and bolts. Marc Allgrove reports.

A sense of place and a sense of history

If any industry in Australia should be taking the lead on Indigenous acknowledgement it should be wine. We’re the agricultural sector that talks about connection to place and stewardship of the land. Words by Tim Wildman MW.

The river rising

The Riverland has probably reinvented itself more than any other wine region in recent years. And the good news is it’s no one-trick pony. Dan Traucki reports.

Trade Reviews

Mike Bennie and Tyson Stelzer review and score 50 Australian wines: including wines from Xanadu & Yarra Yering, Terre A Terre and more.