WBM November / December 2020

In the November / December 2020 issue of Wine Business Magazine:

An hour with Marco Cirillo

Tending the oldest known producing Grenache parcel on the globe and upholding nine generations of history is all in a day’s work for Marco Cirillo.

Tips for sending media samples

Want a fair go in the wine press? A lot of it gets down to how you go about sending samples. Tash Stoodley explains.

Direct to consumer: is it really for you?

Australian wineries have been selling a lot of wine direct to consumer this year, but it’s not for everyone, according to Larry Lockshin.

Sell smarter with data

We welcome Howard Duncan to the WBM fold. He talks about the importance of collecting the right data for D2C sales.

Gender equality in wine

The underlying factor not being addressed. Mel Gilcrist reports.

8 Lessons from Finlaysons Wine (Off) Roadshow

Here are eight key lessons players in the wine sector should take away from Finlaysons Wine Roadshow, heading into 2021.

180 years of collaboration

As Covid bites, collaboration is the buzzword. It has been at the heart of the South Australian Wine Industry Association for 180 years.

Strong and constant

Are Rutherglen’s famed fortifieds an endangered species in an era when lower and zero alcohol drinks are the latest thing? Tony Love goes to the source to find an answer.

Rare grape varieties

Dan Traucki continues his exploration of rare grape varieties that are establishing themselves here. You never know, they may become all the rage in the future – after all in the early 1970s there were only three to four growers who had Chardonnay planted in all of Australia.

Trade reviews

Mike Bennie and Tyson Stelzer review and score 100 Australian wines: including wines from Yalumba, Jansz Tasmania, St Hallett and more.