Price on crush: Legacy issues continue to pressure Australia’s wine sector

Price pressures on Australia’s wine sector continue to persist despite supply declining and markets opening. Tim Mableson outlines the current factors and historic events that have contributed to this situation.

While Australia's wine sector has historically been cyclical, riding the highs and lows, recent feedback from businesses in the sector shows an underlying feeling that the current low is deeper than many can remember. Though many in the wine industry hoped that the removal of tariffs on Australian bottled wine exports to China would resolve its supply and demand imbalance, it provided some relief, but clearly not enough.  Evidence of this is from the general acceptance that, despite th...

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Authors: Tim Mableson

Published Date: 05 September 2025