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April 17, 2020 04: 00:38
A third of Australian wineries could go to the wall in the consequences of the coronavirus crisis, according to the industry’s peak nationwide body.
- Red wine industry body forecasts as much as one third of wineries could go under
- Coronavirus limitations have cut off essential cellar door trade
- Winemaking continues as an “vital agricultural industry”
” We’ve got 2,600 wineries at the minute and 30 per cent of that we might lose,” said Tony Battaglene, primary executive of Australian Grape and Red Wine.
On March 30, following a break out of coronavirus amongst international tourists checking out the Barossa Valley, the South Australian government bought the