This spring, experience World-Class chamber music concerts, gourmet canapés and meals, and award-winning wine in the beautiful rustic setting of the Barrel Hall and grounds of the Huntington Estate Winery in Mudgee. Since 1989, the Huntington Estate Music Festival has been held each year in the Huntington Estate Barrel Room, a fantastic space with “one
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“Australian farmland is attractive to investors because it combines the benefits of first world governance and stability with the scale and prices of developing nations.” Citi Private Bank, Wealth Report, 2011 Australia’s robust economy, strategic location and investment friendly business environment have made the country one of the world’s top destinations for foreign investment, with FDI
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The latest research into Australia’s hotel sector reveals that China is becoming a driving force behind transactions, with an increase in their business that accounts for 42% of the $1.7 billion in hotel sales year-to-date. “Recent volatility in global equity markets, particularly in China, and the onset of low-yielding bond markets has served to increase the appeal
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China’s third-biggest wine maker has purchased three vineyards in Australia as part of its plan to invest $120 million across the country in land and processing facilities. Weilong Grape Wine Company told the Shanghai stock exchange on Wednesday it had agreed to purchase vineyards around Mildura and Swan Hill in Victoria and another location in
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A flagship Australian wine online store supported by Wine Australia has launched today on Alibaba Group’s business to consumerplatform, Tmall.com, providing a further avenue for Chinese consumers to purchase Australian wines. The online store, constructed and operated by Vinehoo.com, one of China’s leading online wine retailers, will initially stock 10 brands from 8 wine regions,
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Wine Australia’s Export Report shows that the value of Australian wine exports continued to experience strong growth in the 12 months to the end of June 2016. From July 2015 to June 2016, the value of exports grew by 11 per cent, driven by bottled exports, particularly at higher price points. Bottled exports grew by
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The 2016 year-to-date (Jan-Apr) volume of Australian frozen grassfed beef (which accounts for the majority of Australian beef to China) exported to China saw a drop compared to 2015, but there were increases in other categories. Australian total beef exports to China for the first four months (Jan-Apr) of 2016 were down 26% compared to
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One of Australia’s oldest winemaker, the McWilliam family has sold three vineyards to Hong Kong-listed group CK Life Sciences for $15.7 million in a sale and lease back arrangement. The deal includes the Hanwood Vineyard in Griffith, NSW – the first vineyard planted by John James McWilliam more than a century ago – and the
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CHATEAU Yaldara has been sold by owner Australian Vintage to Chinese owned-company 1847 Winery. The winery near Lyndoch, which was established in 1947 by refugee Hermann Thumm, is expected to change hands in November or December as soon as 1847 acquires a liquor licence for the winery. 1847 is owned by Zhitai Wang of New
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