Tag Archives: University of Adelaide

Crazy, bonkers, mad, brilliant and brave!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

This may not be the punchline we normally associate with Jamie Oliver, England’s quirky no-nonsense Essex-born chef, restaurateur and celebrity, or with a classy winery from South Australia – but in this case that’s exactly what it is! Jamie Oliver and … Continue reading →

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University of Adelaide graduates thrive in the world’s southernmost winemaking region

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

The region of Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, sits astride the 45th parallel, making it the southernmost winemaking region in the world. This stunningly beautiful region is reminiscent of Switzerland with snow-capped mountains to over 2,000m, … Continue reading →

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Meet the Australian flying Swedish-Italian winemaker in the hills!

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

On a clear sunny spring day I drove up into the Adelaide Hills to interview a very interesting man I had met a couple of weeks earlier at an artisan winemaker tasting in McLaren Vale, where he was presenting his … Continue reading →

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Tigs talks to wine marketing guru Dr Steve Goodman

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Steve Goodman of the University of Adelaide Business School for the Wine2030 network. The full article can be viewed at Tigs talks to wine industry and wine marketing guru Dr Steve Goodman. … Continue reading →

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Adelaide’s Wine2030 reaches out to the Gold Coast

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Wearing my Wine2030 hat I flew to Brisbane to visit wine educator and friend, Steve Knight, and to talk about the University of Adelaide’s Wine2030 network to his students at Bond University on the Gold Coast – a beautiful venue … Continue reading →

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Want to know the key issues facing the wine industry? Ask them!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

During 2009 I took time out from my economics consulting job with the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies to work a vintage at Haselgrove winery in McLaren Vale. Prior to this I worked in a wine retail outlet in … Continue reading →

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Proposal to cut minimum alcohol in ‘wine’

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

I became aware of the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia‘s (WFA) proposal to cut the minimum alcohol level in wine when I received a call from ABC radio to comment, in my standing as Visiting Research Fellow with the Wine Economics Research … Continue reading →

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Oh rot! Diseases mar a bumper season in key winegrape-growing areas of Australia

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Australia’s 2011 vintage will be one to cause grapegrowers and winemakers both extremes of emotions. With the exception of Western Australia which has had hot and dry conditions this vintage, there have been nation-wide unseasonably wet and cool conditions. Being … Continue reading →

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South Australia’s first state cellar door wine festival!

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

  On 25 February 2011, the first ever state cellar door festival was launched in Adelaide. Over 100 wineries attended, each presenting their best wares. It stretched over three days – Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and the perfectly chosen venue was … Continue reading →

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Private labels – back to Australia and back to wine

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Introduction Welcome to the fifth and final article in the private label series for Wine2030, a forward-looking wine research network at the University of Adelaide. I have asked questions throughout this series and started to answer some of them – it … Continue reading →

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