A confluence of international and domestic financial and market impacts has severely affected Australian producers, Winemakers Federation chief executive Paul Evans says.

Barossa Valley Estate, a Shiraz icon with financial troubles, sold to Delegat's Group Limited

Fu Yip International Group, run by Chengye Xiao and Jiemei Xiao, last spent $1.7 million last month on Honeytree Estate, at Pokolbin.

The group includes Jacobs Creek and Seppeltsfield from the Barossa Valley; Leeuwin Estate and Xanadu from Margaret River; De Bortoli, TarraWarra and Yering Station from the Yarra Valley; Wyndham Estate from the Hunter Valley; Montalto on the Mornington Peninsula; Moorilla Estate and Josef Chromy from Tasmania.

The harvest in Australia took place up to six weeks earlier than 20 years ago, according to Pernod Ricard.

A price war is raging among retailers in Australia over the 2008 vintage of Penfolds Grange, which received a perfect 100-point score from The Wine Advocate.

Oyster Bay owner Delegat's Group has made its first foray into Australia with the acquisition of Barossa Valley Estate (BVE), producer of E&E Black Pepper Shiraz.

Pepper Tree Wines is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Comyns as Chief Winemaker. Scott was hired by Jim Chatto in early 2012 and now takes over from Jim in the main winemaking role for the company.

The managing director of De Bortoli, one of Australia's largest family owned wineries believes the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) poses a bigger threat to Australia's wine industry than the high Australian dollar.

To maintain the success of New Zealand's flagship white grape, winemakers are finding new ways to evolve and diversify the category.

A Hawke's Bay winery has lost £90k worth of wine after vandals drained one of its tanks.

Delegat's Group has saved Australian winemaker Barossa Valley Estate from administration with a AU$24.7 million buyout.

Delegat's Group has bought the assets of Australia's Barossa Valley Estate out of receivership for $A24.7 million ($NZ29.96 million), just three months after snapping up the distressed vineyard and winery assets of Matariki Wines and Stony Bay Wines.

After export sales were crunched by the strengthening dollar and the value of its equities investment portfolio sank by nearly $50 million.

The four estates are Tahbilk in Victoria, Australia; Valli in Central Otago, New Zealand; TintoNegro in Mendoza, Argentina; and Château Maris in the Languedoc, France. Wines from all four were previewed at the Armit Spring Tasting last week.

Australia is aiming to use its biggest-ever wine event later this year to challenge negative perceptions of the country's wine industry.

Wine writer Matthew Jukes looks back on a decade of change in the country's wine industry and offers predictions for its future.

Exports of higher-priced Australian wine to China and the US are growing, according to new figures - but the industry remains cautious in the face of the strong Australian dollar.

The heady mix of crushed grapes and fermenting juice is in the air at Mount Mary winery, in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, home to one of Australia's greatest wines, the Bordeaux-inspired blend, Quintet.

Individual winemakers are being urged to visit export destinations themselves rather than delegate the task to help boost sales at a time wine exports are showing little growth and those to the lucrative Chinese market are sliding.