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Australia to be Partner for 2010 Hong Kong Wine Fair
Australia will be the partner country for the 2010 Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair.
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Chardonnay and Shiraz stand out at Adelaide Hills Wine Show
Shiraz has performed strongly at the Adelaide Hills Wine Show with 29 medals awarded from 52 entries, including five gold medals.
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James Halliday to join Barons of the Barossa
James Halliday is to be honoured by the Barons of the Barossa, a select wine fraternity that aims to promote the strengths, heritage and traditions of this acclaimed wine region and its people.
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No Cheap Option for Hunter wines
A recent NSW Government wine promotion trade mission produced immediate results showing just how impressed wine suppliers are with the quality of wines that NSW is producing.
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Plonk Down Readies for Top Investment: Wine Investments
Drinking Australian fine wine can give some relief from the stock market woes, but so can investing in it, with wine values significantly outstripping the performance of equities in the past two years.
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Harpers Wine & Spirit Supplement: Australia
Australia is at a turning point as it seeks to move on from its easy-going image of yesterday and celebrate its maturing legacy of fine and regionally distinct wines.
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Wine Auctions Fetch Over US$160m In 2009
The major wine auction houses have posted year-end revenues totalling over US$160m (£100m), including both traditional and online sales.
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Fine Wine Remains a Safe Bet.
The Australian fine wine market has defied the global downturn and shaky local share market to deliver strong returns over the past 18 months.
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Australia's fine wines on brink of recognition
Australia is on the cusp of international recognition as a producer of ultra-fine wines, leading wine authority Andrew Caillard believes.
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China develops a taste for Australian wine
Fast-growing China is tipped to become a key market for Australian wine, with exports expected to top $100m in the next year, for the first time.
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Shiraz is the wine success story of '90s
Shiraz is one of the great wine success stories. The grape variety is now such a household name that it's hard to believe it wasn't much known before the 1990s.
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Fine wine a tasty investment
Penfolds Grange, once the only serious investment wine, continues to lead a stellar list of Australian fine wines regularly traded for profit and pleasure.
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Winery News

Katnook Estate Prodigy Takes Best of Class Gold
Katnook Estate's 2006 Prodigy Shiraz has won a "Best in Class" Gold Medal at the 2009 London International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC).
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d'Arenberg - Winery of the year 2009
d'Arenberg was awarded as a Winery of the Year by the USA publication Wine & Spirits Magazine.
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Warrenmang's Black Puma Shiraz Wins Again
Warrenmang's 2006 Black Puma Shiraz has been acknowledged once more as the Public Choice - Best Red Wine of the Exhibition at the 2009 Federation Square Showcase, Best of the Best Victorian Wines.
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James Halliday rated Langmeil Winery 5 stars Australian Winery & James Lindner - Baron of The Barossa
Family owned and operated, Langmeil is believed to be the home of the Barossa and Australia's oldest known surviving vineyard planted to Shiraz in 1843, where the iconic 'Freedom 1843 Shiraz' hails.
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Penley Estate - More Medals
Penley has achieved success once again at the US wine shows with a bag full of medals won at the San Francisco and Los Angeles International Wine Shows.
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Kilikanoon - The gold keeps coming!
Kilikanoon won a perfect 5 from 5 golds at the prestige Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.
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Irvine Wines - Joanne Irvine Named 2009 Winemaker of the Year
Irvine Wines was presented with the award by Grand Master Stephen Henschke at the 2009 Declaration of Vintage held at Tanunda (Barossa Valley)
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