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Wine exports to mainland China are scraping the bottom of the barrel, with just six million liters exported in the last financial year, worth $24.6 million. Key points: Wine exports to mainland China have fallen from 120 million liters per year to six million liters The US is now Australia’s largest export market by value Exports to countries other than China rose five percent to $2.06 billion That’s a big drop from the end of the financial year in 2020, when exports to mainland China totaled 120.7 million liters and were worth $1.1 billion over the 12-month period to June 30. That was before China imposed import tariffs of around 220 per cent on bottled Australian wine imports later that year. Overall it has been a difficult financial year for Australian wine producers with exports down 10 percent in volume to 625 million liters and down 19 percent in value to $2.08 billion in the year ended 30 June. Australian Wine market insight manager Peter Bailey said China’s re...

Among all the comments that came out of the Wallabies after their second Test loss in Brisbane last weekend – they missed crashes, too many self-plagued, misguided lineouts – there was one key underlying message. Key points: Australia lost the second Test in Brisbane due to their inability to close the game Improving their discipline will be crucial because of England captain Owen Farrell’s goal kicking prowess The return of Queensland striker Harry Wilson should give the Wallabies an extra dimension of attack Australia just didn’t have enough patience to last longer than a dodgy England side who, through Owen Farrell’s boot, only managed to stay ahead the entire game. As a result, when they returned in the first game of a draw in Perth, they couldn’t be in Brisbane — all because of their own faults they made in the face of relentless pressure from an England team desperate to break records. losing four times in a row. There’s not even a patter...

Two weeks ago, few would have predicted that divisive Australian star Nick Kyrgios would be the one to stand between Novak Djokovic and his fourth straight Wimbledon title. Key points: World number 1 Serbia says Kyrgios is “a very complete player” Djokovic has faced the Australian twice in his career, losing twice The 35-year-old wants to extend her grand slam title to 21 years Djokovic himself, however, is not surprised Kyrgios will be waiting on the other side of the net in the men’s singles final. The top seeded Serb booked his eighth Wimbledon final by coming from a set down against Britain’s Cameron Norrie on Saturday, while unseeded Kyrgios benefited from a walkover after Spain’s 22-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the semi-finals through injury. Djokovic has only faced Kyrgios twice in his career, losing twice to him in 2017. So while he will be favorite to claim a seventh Wimbledon crown, he knows exactly how dangerous the unpredi...