Chardonnay wine costs more than it earns (Jan 04, 2010)

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Talks between wine growers and wineries on the price of grapes from the 2010 harvest begins these days in Australia. The group Foster’s has announced its objectives to wine producers in the regions of Riverland and Mildura, two wine regions, which alone represent half of the country’s wine production. The group will pay this year’s Australian Chardonnay at $ 150 per tonne (93.5 € / T), a lower production cost, estimated between 230 and $ 300 per ton (143 to 187 €). In the glorious hours of Australian wines in the 90’s, the price of Australian Chardonnay had risen to $ 900 (€ 561 per tonne).

Foster’s has justified the reduction by the erosion of its export wine sales due to a strong Australian dollar. This erosion is also being subsequent to the disgrace in which Chardonnay fell, consumers preferring cooler wines like Sauvignon blanc from New Zealand. Sales of Australian Chardonnay wine began to decline in 2004, they fell 25% in 5 years.

To minimize the impact of the difficulties of his wine industry on the activities of the group, Foster’s has restructured the wine business in February, streamlining its portfolio of wines, snatching 300 ha and yielding 16 of its wineries. His vineyard has been reduced from 11 000 to 700 ha.

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices.  Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world.  As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years.  Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.