WBM May / June 2026
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In the May / June 2026 issue of WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine:
CULTIVATING CAPITAL
Family ownership remains the most important model in the wine industry, especially when we look at who is making great wine and building value. The missing piece at times for these businesses is access to capital. David LeMire MW reports.
THE LOVE SONG IN A BOTTLE
Starting a small independent wine brand isn’t easy. Nor is naming it, but life sometimes has a way of forcing your hand. Brokenwood’s Kate Sturgess talks to Katie Spain about grief, joy and the Hunter’s next chapter.
50 YEARS OF GREAT AUSSIE WINE
America has been celebrating an important milestone – 50 years since the Judgement of Paris. Brian Croser says the Australian wine industry deserves a big pat on the back for all it has achieved over the past five decades.
PRESSING ON IN THE WINE BUSINESS
In this 19-page feature, WBM asks some of the leaders in the Australian wine industry including Dean Hewitson and Sarah Crowe, about their business approaches. What are they changing? What are they persevering with? What are they thinking?
