by Joe Lederman Australian Food News At a breakfast presentation to the Rural Press Club of Victoria in Melbourne on 3 March 2011, John Durkan, the national merchandising director of Coles Supermarkets,...

A Shiraz and a Chardonnay from the Adelaide Hills region have claimed the Best Red and Best White Wine awards at the Winewise Championship this month. The wines were assessed by a judging panel comprised...

Woolworths is set to purchase one of the nation’s largest wine retailers, Cellarmasters, for $340 million in a deal that will see them enhance their range of private label wines. The company clearly...

Casella Wines, producer of the country’s ‘most powerful’ wine brand, is suing a competitor for trademark infringement. Casella is the owner of the Yellow Tail brand, which has been a...

After tasting and critiquing their way through 2,283 entries, the judges at the 2011 Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show have chosen their top drops of 2011, with chardonnay the stand-out favourite. Peter...

A $3million initiative to increase grain yields by two million tonnes in high rainfall areas of the Western Australian Wheatbelt was announced today by WA Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman. The...

A $12.6 million Victorian Government package will boost road links between local farms and markets, the Premier John Brumby announced on Wednesday. In the Latrobe Valley, Mr Brumby announced a package...

Australia’s largest-ever trade promotion in China for SMEs will be staged at the 7th China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF) to be held in Guangzhou (Sept 15-18, 2010). Australia...

The company that sells the popular ‘Lemon Detox’ product, which is widely advertised as a slimming food, has been issued with two penalty notices by the NSW Food Authority for making unsubstantiated...

SABMiller today launches a new campaign to assist parents in discussing alcohol with their children. The campaign, which will run on SABMiller’s award winning website TalkingAlcohol.com, opens featuring...