Australian Wine Soars, French Wine Slides
Wednesday, February 25th, 2004Australia’s exports of wine soared in 2003 to record levels despite one of the worst droughts ever.
Overseas sales jumped 24% in the year to June 2003, government figures showed, taking total exports to 2.1bn Australian dollars (US$1.65bn).
The rise in exports to 518 million litres occurred despite lower production than in the previous year.
In contrast, French [...]


