News from Down Under

Australia is marching on.. "A World Class Industry" is growing in leaps and bounds.

Today, Australia is the second-largest source of imported wine in the US - having shipped $US600million worth last year - surpassed only by Italy. In UK supermarkets recently, Australian wines have outsold French wines. Other strong markets are Canada, Germany and New Zealand. Australia is the largest New World wine exporter, surpassing Argentina, Chile, South Africa and the US.

And the Australian winemakers are looking for an identity for Merlot as discussed in the "Ugly Sister Syndrome".