AUSTRALIAN GLUT LEAST OF THEIR WORRIES

Despite all the hype and press surrounding the Australian grape glut – which WSD is guilty of as well – at least one beverage research agency claims that excess grapes are the least of Australia’s problems. The UK-based International Wine and Spirit Record said in a recent report that grape shortages will likely be a problem for the Australian wine industry as early as 2010 despite the current surplus. Because growers are planting lower levels of new vines to make