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In the leadup to the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States of America (US) on 20 January 2025, there were many questions about what we could expect more broadly from the Trump Administration. Alcohol and health policy in the United States Late in the Biden Administration, a number of US

Biosecurity Alert

30 January 2025

With a number of detections of exotic plant pest the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug having occurred this season, Australian Grape and Wine encourages grape producers to exercise vigilance when undertaking crop monitoring.  There is an obligation to report any unusual pest or disease by calling the Plant Health Hotline.  The first of September through to

ABAC has now commissioned JWS Research to undertake proactive monitoring of ABAC signatory and non-signatory compliance with ABAC Responsible Alcohol Marketing Code Placement Rule 2. ABAC Code Placement Rule 2 provides that an alcohol marketer must utilise available age restriction controls to exclude minors from viewing its marketing communications.   JWS Research will randomly select

Australia, through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Australian Grape & Wine have assumed the role of government and Industry Chair of the World Wine Trade Group (WWTG) for 2024. This leadership role places Australia at the forefront of efforts to streamline international wine trade, working towards the mutual acceptance of winemaking practices

Agrichemical Update

9 October 2024

There are significant concerns across many agriculture sectors regarding the potential cost to growers from the loss of certain use patterns of key weed control ingredients, Paraquat and Diquat (eg Sprayseed). The recommendations from APVMA technical reports will effectively put an end to the existing approved uses of Paraquat and Diquat in vineyards. Paraquat and

The South Australian Government is proposing reforms to modernise South Australia’s beverage container deposit scheme (CDS) via the draft Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit Scheme) Amendment Bill 2024. Proposed reforms focus mainly on scheme governance and system modernisation, however, the proposal includes the removal of the exclusion for wine glass from the ACT to include it

Red Blotch Virus

17 June 2024

Australian Grape & Wine has approached US grape virus expert Marc Fuchs to present to key decision-makers in Government and industry on the seriousness of grapevine red blotch virus. The disease is known to lower vine vigour and yield, reduce fruit quality and negatively affect wine composition, resulting in reported losses of up to USD170,000

Australian Grape & Wine would like to ensure that vineyard managers considering planting new vineyards, replanting or grafting existing ones understand the risk (or lack thereof). We are concerned about the reaction to isolated reports of crown gall symptoms associated with propagation material. Crown gall symptoms have only been reported in a small percentage of

ABARES latest outlook for crops report released earlier this month highlights the ongoing impacts of a long-term decline in global wine consumption. ‘Per capita wine consumption in major wine consuming markets has been falling for the past decade, driven by competition from other alcoholic beverages and an increased consumer focus on health and wellness.’ In

Draft changes to Special Consumption Tax Vietnam’s National Assembly (Parliament) is expected to consider and approve increases to the Special Consumption Tax on 8 June 2024. Based on deliberations to date, for most wine this will likely lead to an increase in the ad valorem rate of tax from 35% to 45% from 1 January

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