Rabobank warns wine too reliant on cheap freight and energy

Andrew Marshall
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:14pm, first published April 8 2022 - 12:00pm
Hope Estate founders Michael and Karen Hope and son, Sam, in their Hunter Valley vineyards at Pokolbin.
Hope Estate founders Michael and Karen Hope and son, Sam, in their Hunter Valley vineyards at Pokolbin.

Still reeling from China's gut punching import tariffs imposed in 2020, Australian winemakers now face the sobering prospect of long term freight, energy and bottling cost hikes.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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