"The 2024 winegrape crush showed a nine per cent increase on 2023. But that was not a reason to pop a cork as the 2024 crush of 1.43 million tonnes was well below the 10-year average of 1.73 million tonnes," reports RICHARD CALVER.
Richard Calver
Richard Calver walks, talks, thinks, drinks and writes passionately about wine, especially the wines of the Canberra region.
“Few people know that my family has strong grassroots in Canberra," Scott McWilliam says. "And McWilliam's Wines has recently released our flagship wine, called Eliza Jane, a Canberra District shiraz of the highest pedigree."
Wine writer RICHARD CALVER discovers the momentary joy of assembling his first 'listicle', with some reservations...
From August 26 employees will have the right to disconnect from work. But it's not that simple, says industrial lawyer RICHARD CALVER.
Wine writer RICHARD CALVER talks to Katherine Brown, of Brown Brothers, about what needs to happen to change the lot of women in the wine industry.
"Uruguay has the right characteristics for the production of good quality wine as it is located between parallels 30 degrees and 35 degrees of south latitude, similar to the Hunter Valley," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
The federal government has finally stepped up to help the struggling wine industry dealing with, among other things, the oversupply of red wine. But the largesse doesn't run to much of the Canberra Wine District, writes RICHARD CALVER.
"What sort of white sells for only $16? The winery’s website says that this wine is a blend of 81 per cent sauvignon blanc and 19 per cent semillon," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"Steiner in the 1920s famously warned that the widespread use of chemical fertilisers would lead to the decline of soil, plant and animal health," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER in praise of biodynamic farming.
"I ordered a glass of the only chardonnay available by the glass. It was $16 a glass. I later Googled the wine and found it could be bought for around $18 a bottle. Mark ups rule!" write wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"My mind went to the idea that life is a matter of contrasts. The contrast was not in imagery or tortured faux jokes, but in the consumption of a sparkling wine that was not cheap or sticky but wondrous," says wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
There is real hardship in the grape-growing sector, with some growers getting about 15 cents a bottle for red wine. So what did the industry get in the budget? "Nada, zilch, nothing," says wine writer RICHARD CALVER.
