Australia Wine Exports Hit as Aussie Surge Aids Bordeaux: Retail

Jan 22, 2012

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s wine lovers are embracing European bottles as never before, exacerbating a decline in the local industry already suffering from plummeting exports. With the Australian dollar at record levels against the euro, imported wine has rarely been more affordable. Prices for some labels have dropped by 30 percent. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA’s Moet & Chandon Champagne is now sometimes cheaper than the French company’s locally produced Domaine Chandon sparkling wine.

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Vindi
Feb 16, 2012

says Brazil is now the #3 iomtrper of Argentine wine after the U.S. and Canada. In January, Brazil ranked 4th behind the U.K., but double-digit growth (14.7%) in the first half of 2011 catapulted our South

 
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