Rumours have abounded and now it's happened. Foster's Group have put a portfolio of 31 Australian properties on the market, amounting to a sale of 5,000 ha. It is believed that, as a result of the...

You may have noticed that I am not the biggest admirer of what Australian brewers Foster's have managed to achieve in the wine business. (For example, somehow bring about the virtual...

If you were in charge of a brand - let’s say Rosemount, for example - would you send out an email to every wine writer you could think of headed, in thick black capitals, “Rosemount Shows...

As I write, shares in both Fosters and Southcorp are suspended, presumably preparatory to the Australian brewer's swallowing of the troubled Southcorp group, once Australia's leading wine...

I have a bit more detail on Foster's big sale from the company that is most famous for Penfolds, Lindemans, Rosemount, Wynns, Seppelt, Wolf Blass, Beringer, Annie's Lane, Devil's Lair, Matua...

I recently asked a close observer of the Australian wine scene what the current hot topics are there and here is the response. Domestic wine sales are down by approx 10%,...

Further to my despairing report (see  Foster's - the case of the disappearing wine brands ) on the recent activities of Foster’s Wine Group, I hear that their principal California winery...