A HANDFUL of wineries based in New Zealand's celebrated Marlborough region have gone into receivership, and more are expected to follow, as the area's popular sauvignon blanc suffers from a high New Zealand dollar, over-supply and a resurgence by Australian chardonnay.

WINE investors may be forced to adopt more sober expectations of returns should controversial superannuation reforms requiring do it yourself fund investors to sell their collections ­become law.

Australia has more drinkers whom buy wine than any other Anglo nation, but it's the baby boomers, not young consumers who are driving the market for wine sales, an industry researcher says.

Big Australian Wineries dominate our market with the top 10 wine brands creating the vast majority of Australian wine producing over 50% of all the wine in Australia. 

The Riverina based Casella Wine [yellow tail] range of wines have taken the world by storm. And so they should. They are excellent Australian wines which are consistently good. They have clearly won the battle for everyday wines at their particular price range.

Shelf of beer in supermarket Fosters Group Ltd today announced its plans to demerge its beer and wine businesses in a move to separate the thriving beer side from the globally unstable wine market.

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Of all the wine types there is no more seductive grape than Pinot Noir, maker of the best red wine. With its brilliant ruby colour, complex aromas of earthy summer fruits and silky texture, Pinot Noir is the grape that many find irresistible. While Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay impress with power and dexterity, it is the subtlety and elegance of great Pinot Noir that can soothe the savage beast.

The simple art of finding those special wine labels can needlessly bring on a mild anxiety attack in many inexperienced wine drinkers as they search for the best Australian wines to serve at home. I have seen it happen – the wine drinking equivalent of a fish out of water. The plethora of grapes, countless regions, and abundance of labels leaves our shopper flat-lining, sweating and sometimes almost trembling with fear, all of which in an ever increasing world of grapes, wine regions and labels, is completely understandable. So how do you find that killer wine on the shelf?

It is human nature really – to stick with the tried and true and shy away from new types of wines. Sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, riesling, pinot noir, syrah/shiraz, merlot, Marlborough, Central Otago, Yarra Valley, Barossa Valley.