Is there too much wine? Why some winemakers are ripping up vines and ‘don’t see a future in the wine industry’

He lives in Riverland, a region in South Australia that produces about a third of the nation’s crush. Since 2020, a convergence of Covid-fuelled cost increases and Chinese tariffs has pushed up supply and depressed prices in the country. Grape grower Tony Townsend’s vineyard in Riverland, South Australia. Townsend destroyed half of his vineyard last … Read more