For years New Zealand supermarkets were flooded with cheap Australian Chardonnay. Now it seems the same thing is happening across the Tasman with New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, and the Australian winemaking industry doesnt like it one bit.
And who can blame them. Dumping of NZ Sauvignon into Australia following the massive and sub-standard 2008 vintage has seen prices go as low as $5 a bottle. Australian labels just cant compete. Bad news for them and possibly bad news for us too as consumers get used to the bargains making it harder to regain that loss ground.
Read the full article from the Adelaide Age newspaper here.
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