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Growers doubt grape forecast
21 May 2008
Growers are sceptical about forecasts by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics that wine grape production could reach a new high of 2 million tonnes in 2009-2010 if normal weather conditions return. ABARE says that total production will increase from 1.4 million tonnes last year to about 1.67 million tonnes for 2007-08. Murray Valley Winegrowers chief Mike Stone said that would be a very courageous call given the uncertainty of water supplies, "particularly in the Murray Valley of NSW and Victoria and the Riverland of South Australia". Mitchell Taylor, managing director at Taylors Wines, said he thought that a return to normal conditions was a very big assumption and that it was more likely that climate change would force growers to look at new regions.
The Australian Financial Review, 21/5/2008
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