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Glut makes Australian wine cheaper than water

By Court | Permalink | 2 comments | July 21st, 2006 | Trackback

Yet another reason to go back to Oz! Cheap wine!

Australian wine is being sold off cheaper than water, as a glut of grapes pushes the cost of a bottle to below two dollars.

Bumper harvests for three straight years have led to a massive oversupply, with up to a billion litres of unsold wine in storage tanks across the country.

Leading winemakers have seen their shares tumble and many grape growers could be forced out of business.

But for the consumer, it means quality wines are available at a fraction of the normal price as producers move their excess stock in unlabelled bottles known as cleanskins.

Glut makes Australian wine cheaper than water



Comments


Mick Gordon | September 3rd, 2006 at 11:28 am

Know anywhere I can back a tanker truck up to, I love Australian wines - especially in quantity!

Itamar Carvalho | September 6th, 2006 at 1:03 pm

Please, please, PLEASE, send some of your supply to Brazil…




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