WBM - Australia's Wine Business Magazine

10/12/2025

Bosworth Wines – the first certified organic producer in McLaren Vale – is celebrating 30 years since embarking on the conversion to organic in 1995. What began as a bold, ahead-of-its-time decision…

01/12/2025

Australian wine stock-to-sales update from Wine Australia.

Wine production exceeded sales in 2024-25, leading to a rise of five percent in national stock levels, according to the Australian Wine Production, Sales and Inventory Report 2025…

28/11/2025

Chardonnay won't go away. And look at Gamay winning Red Wine of Show. First time ever.

Murdoch Hill 2024 Tilbury Chardonnay won Best Wine of Show at the 2025 Adelaide Hills Wine Show presented by Multi-Color Corporation (MCC). The wine also won Best White Wine of Show…

27/11/2025

The Australian and international wine community is mourning the loss of Yangarra Estate’s Peter Fraser – one of the nation’s most highly acclaimed winemakers. Peter passed away at home in Clarendon on…

27/11/2025

Nice one Barossa!

Four wines – all from the Barossa – have received the perfect score of 100 points in the South Australian Wine Guide 2026 published by The Vintage Journal. The wines came out on top among the more…

24/11/2025

"When farmers stop believing they have a future, whole towns suffer. Schools, local businesses, sporting clubs and service organisations all feel the shockwaves." – Riverland Wine

Riverland Wine has issued an urgent open letter to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, warning that the state’s largest wine-producing area and the backbone of thousands of family livelihoods…

24/11/2025

Australian Women in Wine (AWIW) – the nation’s leading advocate for gender equality and visibility of women across the wine community – has announced the appointment of a new board of directors.

22/11/2025

Well done Lallemand! Named Supplier of the Year in the 2025 Wine Industry Impact Awards. Also won the Winemaking & Oenology Award. Proud to have Lallemand as a long-term Partner in WBM. 🍷

Lallemand has been named Supplier of the Year at the 2025 Wine Industry Impact Awards hosted by the Wine Industry Suppliers Association (WISA) in Adelaide. The company also won the Winemaking &

13/11/2025

Well deserved, Steve Faulkner.

Oakridge Wines senior viticulturist Steve Faulkner was named Viticulturist of the Year at the 2025 ASVO Awards for Excellence in Adelaide last night. Samantha Connew was named Winemaker of the Year.

13/11/2025

Heartbreak in Eden Valley.

Poonawatta Wines at Flaxman Valley in the Eden Valley has been hit hard by frost for the second year in a row. “Another year of pruning down the toilet,” says Poonawatta owner Andrew Holt.

12/11/2025

Shirt storm.

The Coonawarra Wine Region has posted a photograph on Facebook of Next Crop leadership graduates wearing t-shirts with the message, “Drink More, Die Younger.” The graduates are pictured with glasses…

12/11/2025

Australian Grape & Wine held its Annual General Meeting last night, where Ms Helen Strachan is the new chair of Australian Grape & Wine, replacing John Hart OAM who has led the organisation since 2021.