Australian Wines

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Australian wine urged to be bought around world to counter China tariffs

London: Millions of people around the world are being urged to buy an Australian bottle of wine or two, as a way of showing Chinese President Xi Jinping that the world will not be intimidated by his "bullying of Australia".

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), comprising more than 200 MPs from a range of political parties and representing 19 country legislatures, has launched a campaign to convince people to buy and drink Australian wine in December, as a show of solidarity.

It comes after China slapped tariffs of up to 212 per cent against Australian wine producers, which Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said would spell a "hellishly tough time for Australia’s winemakers."

The global alliance of cross-party representatives, who have banded together to try to counter China's increasing aggression particularly against Australia, released a video in which MPs from Japan, Italy, Germany, the United States and even Australia's wine-producing rival New Zealand, among others, urge their citizens to enjoy an Australian drop. The video is subtitled in Chinese and English.

The campaign follows a groundswell of online support among diplomats and China-watchers across Europe who have also urged the drinking of Australian wine.

"It’s not a bad idea to buy some extra wine these days to show solidarity," Sweden's former prime minister Carl Bildt said this week. He predicted that China's attempts to weaponise trade in its political disputes would backfire but urged the world to pay attention to the developments.

Even the US National Security Council tweeted that Australian wine would be featured at a White House function this week. "Pity vino lovers in China who, due to Beijing’s coercive tariffs on Aussie vintners, will miss out," the post said, along with the hashtag "AussieAussieAussieOiOiOi".

I remember hearing a short report on Australian Table Wines when I was younger.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm not a fan of Blackstone Bordeaux. (I hate peppermint.)
But a Sydney Syrup makes for a fine dessert.

 

[exchemist]

Australian wine urged to be bought around world to counter China tariffs







I remember hearing a short report on Australian Table Wines when I was younger.

Hoho, things have moved on a bit in the last half century I would not have thought it would be too hard to find alternative markets for Aussie wine. Though I admit I personally find many of them a tad too alcoholic (true also of many American wines). But then I had a French wife.....

 

[ChristineM]

Hoho, things have moved on a bit in the last half century I would not have thought it would be too hard to find alternative markets for Aussie wine. Though I admit I personally find many of them a tad too alcoholic (true also of many American wines). But then I had a French wife.....

Snippet. Most French grapes are grown on vines imported from america after the phylloxera outbreak.

Interestingly the phylloxera insect waa also an import from america

 

[metis]

I mostly buy French and Australian wines, plus an occasional Italian Chianti. Bordeaux is my favorite by far.

 

[ChristineM]

I mostly buy French and Australian wines, plus an occasional Italian Chianti. Bordeaux is my favorite by far.

Bordeaux is nice but I have to say i prefer Bergarac, only because i have shares in the Monbazzilac cooperative.

Actually have you tried Cahors wines? They are grown not to far from both Bordeaux and Bergerac but a little further south. It creates a richer wine with more body.

I sound like an expert here, i hardly drink but i know what the locals prefer to drink

 

[metis]

Bordeaux is nice but I have to say i prefer Bergarac, only because i have shares in the Monbazzilac cooperative.

Actually have you tried Cahors wines? They are grown not to far from both Bordeaux and Bergerac but a little further south. It creates a richer wine with more body.

Thanks for the heads-up on this, but I don't know if I had those wines that I recall. It's possible though as I have often bought French wines other than Bordeux.

BTW, part of the French part of my family originated from Honfleur, so are you familiar with it? I have some earlier relatives from France that emigrated to Canada and then came over to Michigan in the 1700's, but we don't know where in France they originated. One that's directly related to me "married" an American Indian because he was a hunter & trapper just outside of Fort Detroit back in the 1700's. Many of them did that to also serve as traders in-between the Indians and English since those two groups were enemies in this area.

 

[ChristineM]

Thanks for the heads-up on this, but I don't know if I had those wines that I recall. It's possible though as I have often bought French wines other than Bordeux.

BTW, part of the French part of my family originated from Honfleur, so are you familiar with it? I have some earlier relatives from France that emigrated to Canada and then came over to Michigan in the 1700's, but we don't know where in France they originated. One that's directly related to me "married" an American Indian because he was a hunter & trapper just outside of Fort Detroit back in the 1700's. Many of them did that to also serve as traders in-between the Indians and English since those two groups were enemies in this area.

I don't know Honfleur, we are a long way south of that but have a good friend who comes from not to far away, Veulettes sur mer

 

[MNoBody]