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Interview: The billion-bottle glut weighing down the Aussie wine sector

Interview: The billion-bottle glut weighing down the Aussie wine sector

FEAR & GREED | Business News
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<p>Australia’s wine industry has had a rough few years.&nbsp;In 2020, China - our biggest trading partner - put crippling tariffs on our wines, which saw the sector scrambling to find new export markets. But&nbsp;a report from Rabobank earlier this year revealed Australian winemakers have an estimated 2 billion litres of wine in storage - equivalent to about 2.8 billion bottles.&nbsp;Analysts warn it will take years to work through the glut.</p> <p>Marc Allgrove advises wine businesses across the country through <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://evansayers.com.au/marc-allgrove&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw2afCgkKB_xbne6i2Fs_8aj" rel="nofollow">Evans+Ayers</a>. He talks to Sean Aylmer about the predicament the industry finds itself in.</p> <p><a href="https://fearandgreed.com.au" rel="nofollow">Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au</a></p> <p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>