AT THE risk of insensitivity, the earthquake that has affected Chile's previously robust wine industry has provided a rare glimmer of opportunity for an Australian sector that mostly has gone backwards. There are more than 100 million cases of Australian wine languishing in storage without throats to lubricate. While our exports fell by 8 million cases and 21 per cent of value from an October 2007 peak, Chile generally rode a wave of export success, pegging back Australia's long-time lead.