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2023 NSW Sommelier’s Wine List Awards

By NSW Wine on Apr 05, 2023

The 2023 NSW Sommelier’s Wine List Awards is now OPEN for entries, closing on 20th April 2023. This free-to-enter competition is open to any sommelier or bar/beverage manager from a Sydney or regional NSW ve...

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Training & Scholarships
NSW Wine Youth Network

By NSW Wine on Apr 04, 2023

Wine Australia and NSW DPI have designed, and are now implementing, a pilot program to establish a structured youth network for the NSW wine industry for employees under 35 years. You can join the online net...

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2023 NSW Wine Sydney Trade Tastings

By NSW Wine on Mar 22, 2023

The NSW Wine events team is starting 2023 off with a bang and a series of 4 exciting new trade tastings, showcasing some exceptional local wine regions and winemakers. These tastings have been specifically d...

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Training & Scholarships
Free Diploma of Viticulture

By NSW Wine on Feb 10, 2023

The Kurri Kurri campus of TAFE NSW is pleased to advise that enrolment is now open for a new Diploma of Viticulture course to commence on 24 April in Term 2 of this year. And even better news, this course wi...

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Training & Scholarships
NSW Wine Sydney WSET Scholarships 2023

By NSW Wine on Feb 10, 2023

The next set of 15 NSW Wine Sydney WSET Scholarships are now open for expressions of interest for Greater Sydney applicants. There is quite a tight deadline (before 24 Feb) for successful candidates so if y...

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Protecting The Future of NSW Grape Growers

By NSW Wine on Dec 15, 2022

The NSW government, through a joint program with the NSW DPI, NSW Regional Roads and Transport and the NSW wine industry, will roll out new road signage as part of a larger program for increasing biosecurity...

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Orora's New Glass Beneficiation Plant

By NSW Wine on Dec 14, 2022

Orora's new Glass Beneficiation Plant is located adjacent to our state-of-the-art Glass facility in Gawler, South Australia. The $25m Glass Beneficiation Plant was officially opened in October 2022 by South ...

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Riverina grape growers at centre of new profitability initiatives

By NSW Wine on Dec 14, 2022

Winegrape growers in Riverina have been central to the development of three new collaborative initiatives launched today by the collaborative Wine Inland Productivity & Profitability (WIPP) project, that...

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NSW Export Partnership: Phase 2

By NSW Wine on Nov 23, 2022

Off the back of the highly successful Phase 1 of the ‘NSW Wine Export Partnership Program’, supported by NSW Government, we are excited to announce Phase 2, which will run from December 2022 to June 2023 and...

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Grants & Funding
Netting Grants up to $100K for NSW Growers

By NSW Wine on Nov 04, 2022

Horticultural primary producers across NSW can access grants of up to $100,000 for the purchase and installation of protective netting over crops as part of the Australian Government’s $35 million nation-wid...

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NEW NSW Wine EO appointed

By NSW Wine on Nov 03, 2022

NSW Wine is pleased to announce that Mr Matthew Jessop has been appointed as our new Executive Officer. An extensive search over the last couple of months revealed a substantial and very high-quality field o...

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NSW Environment Minister denies his own CDS Costs

By Alex Burgener on Oct 31, 2022

The NSW Environment Minister, James Griffin MP is reported to have commented in the media last week* saying he doesn’t believe industry’s claims of an annual $30m cost to wineries for his proposal to include...

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May 2024

NSW Sommelier's Wine List Awards

The next NSW Sommelier's Wine List Awards are now OPEN for entries. To find out more about these Awards and see who were the 2023 #nswwinestar click below.

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27 May 2024

Sydney Trade Tasting ~ Young Guns

The next NSW Wine Sydney Trade Tasting of 2024 will take place in May in a central CBD location, and will be focusing on wines from up and coming winemakers.

November 2024

NSW Wine Awards Presentation

Join the Governor of NSW at a lavish lunch at ICC Sydney and be amongst the first to hear which NSW wines and winemakers have been crowned the best of the best in 2024.

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