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We stack up the week’s wine news with a mix of hard numbers and genuine bright spots, from rock-bottom bulk prices to a more diverse global awards landscape. We also get real about mental health in the Australian wine industry and why connection, provenance and ethics still matter when times are tough.
• Australian bulk Shiraz and Cabernet sitting at extreme low values
• what bulk wine is for and why shipping in bulk can be cheaper and more sustainable
• how oversupply and the post-China hangover keep pressure on growers
• Decanter World Wine Awards results as a snapshot of quality and global change
• emerging regions gaining recognition including England, China, Serbia and Uruguay
• a Sydney high school site hosting CSIRO disease-resistant grapevine trials
• powdery mildew and downy mildew pressure in warm, wet climates
• crossbreeding versus GMO and how the wine industry thinks about it
• mental health pressures from isolation, long hours, uncertainty and access to alcohol
• practical support ideas like community breakfasts, viticulture groups and Rootlings
• a Halliday column on provenance, ethics and finding hope in wine
Yeah, go read it. It’s called It Might Take A Graveyard to Show It, but there’s Life in Wine Yet.

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