Caleb Dennis is the 2015 Bayer ‘young viticulturist of the year’. Representing Hawke’s Bay, Caleb competed in a wide range of challenges over three days to beat three other contestants and claim the title. The nataional final took place in Hawke’s Bay so the local contestant received a rapturous applause from the crowd when the results were announced, especially from his colleagues at Craggy Range.

The Abbott Government has released its Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) Rebate Discussion Paper aimed at pruning market distorting wine industry subsidies.
Submissions to the discussion paper – originally flagged for release in July – are due to close on September 11.
A WET Rebate Consultative Group comprising senior wine industry members has also been established as part of the taxation reform process.

The De Bortoli winery in the Yarra Valley holds two things in the highest regard: family and taste.
“We don’t want our wines to taste like they come from the Barossa,” Stephen Webber says.
“We want our wines to taste like the Yarra Valley. It’s a pretty important thing called terroir, which means the flavour of the place, and we try pretty hard to make sure our wines taste like they come from here.”

“Stock up on the ’14 vintage, customers, it’s a cracker … the hype of the 2014 shiraz from the Hunter is not a myth. Top wines had beautiful fruit with good oak balance and will be treasures for years to come.”
No, this is not a salesman’s spiel, it’s the 2015 Hunter Valley Wine Show judges giving enthusiastic praise to 2014 shiraz.