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Australian Vintage moves reduce grape supply
The Shout
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July 18, 2025
Australian Vintage Limited (AVL) has exited a long-term lease with Fresh Country Farm for the Millewa Vineyard, as it looks to accelerate its inventory reduction strategy. The move comes after the wine business said in May that its was estimating...
Three Tails continues cross-industry collabs with bush food beer
Beer & Brewer
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July 18, 2025
Mudgee-based Three Tails Brewery has teamed up with Indigenous-owned native foods company Indigearth to produce a small-batch beer that highlights native Australian ingredients. The Lemon Aspen Sour Pale combines wild-foraged yeast from the...
Good Food and Wine Show: Hearth head chef Brian Cole looking forward to showcasing West African heritage
PerthNow
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July 18, 2025
Hearth restaurant head chef Brian Cole can’t wait to demonstrate his cooking skills and West African heritage at this weekend’s Good Food and Wine Show. The chef is used to cooking for customers at the restaurant inside The Ritz-Carlton Perth, but...
Minnesota State Fair new beers, drinks for 2025
FOX 9 - Minnesota
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FOX 9's Hannah Flood shares what she's most excited to try from the official new foods list at the Minnesota State Fair, which includes 33 new foods and eight new vendors for 2025. FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota State Fair announced...
The State Fair's New Beverages Are Here
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine - Minnesota
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July 17, 2025
The Minnesota State Fair's new beverage list for 2025 might just break a record—we're counting 73 new drinks all in all. Dive in and get to planning your beverage priorities for the year! A few highlights: There's green beer at the Grandstand, a...
Surprising demographic are Australia’s ‘most financially cautious’ shoppers
Sky News Australia
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July 17, 2025
The cost of living crisis in Australia has left its mark on all generations, but young people appear to be taking it more seriously in terms of how they spend their money, according to new data. The 2025 ANZ Online Shopping Report revealed those...
Breville appoints new general manager for Australian business
Appliance Retailer
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July 18, 2025
Breville has announced the appointment of Nick Moore as the new general manager of its Australian business. Moore has been with Breville for seven and a half years and was most recently the company’s General Manager of Finance for APAC. Officially...
Australian aid projects left in limbo following USAID shutdown, FOI reveals
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 17, 2025
Two Australian-backed aid projects were left in limbo when the United States government cut USAID funding, slashing billions of dollars of aid worldwide. Freedom of Information (FOI) documents obtained by the ABC show Department of Foreign Affairs...
USAID returns Australian aid money after DFAT request
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 17, 2025
Two Australian-backed aid projects were left in limbo when the United States government cut USAID funding, slashing billions of dollars of aid worldwide. Freedom of Information (FOI) documents obtained by the ABC show Department of Foreign Affairs...
16 Best Global Universities in Australia and New Zealand
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 17, 2025
Schools in Australia and New Zealand with top-notch research Australia and New Zealand are popular destinations for U.S. students. Of… Schools in Australia and New Zealand with top-notch research Australia and New Zealand are popular destinations...
Small Australian carnivorous marsupial reclassified as 3 species: Study
Mongabay
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July 17, 2025
Researchers describe the kultarr as “Australia’s cutest mammal”: It’s eyes are quite large for its mouse-like head, it’s ears are perky and it has long, thin legs that allow it to run so fast that it looks like it’s hopping. A recent study has now...
Trump Says Coca-Cola Will Use Real Sugar in U.S. Flagship Drink
Food Manufacturing - Wisconsin
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Make American Coke Great Again? President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company didn't confirm such a move. Any...
Sip your way through the Minnesota State Fair’s 70 new beverages for 2025
Pioneer Press - Minnesota
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July 17, 2025
The Minnesota State Fair keeps upping the ante on new beers, wines and malt-based cocktails. Last year, there were 63. This year? 70. Here they are, in all their fruit-filled, hop-infused glory, helpfully sorted by location. At Aldo’s Burgers,...
The Ballot For Australia’s First Amphora-Rested Whisky Is Now Open
Boss Hunting
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July 17, 2025
Less than 1,000 bottles. One ballot. Four thousand years of tradition. In the world of whisky innovation, few techniques carry the weight of antiquity quite like amphora resting. While most distilleries chase the latest trends in cask finishing,...
Australia dollar skids as jobless jump stokes rate cut pressure
Mint
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July 17, 2025
SYDNEY, July 17 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar slid on Thursday after jobs data badly missed forecasts and unemployment hit highs not seen since late 2021, stoking market wagers for a cut in interest rates. Employment rose by just 2,000 in...
What is the Coca-Cola ingredient Trump wants out of iconic drink?
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 17, 2025
Donald Trump has announced plans to swap out a major ingredient in Coca-Cola for something he deems as 'just better'. The US President claims that the fizzy drinks giant has agreed to swap out corn syrup for real cane sugar in Coke sold in the US....
High-level engagement sets tone for deeper co-op with China, critical for Australia's future prosperity: chamber chairman
Global Times
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Vaughn Barber, AustCham China chair Photo: Li Hao/GT China and Australia are highly complementary, with mutual demand across various areas that drive cooperation today, said Vaughn Barber, chairman of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce...
NZ lags behind Australia on freight strategy
BusinessDesk
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New Zealand should follow Australia and establish a freight council to ensure government agencies are considering industry perspectives, a sector advocate says. In 2019, Australia published its National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy – a...
NSW container deposit scheme to shift invoicing model
The Shout
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July 18, 2025
Exchange for Change, the scheme coordinator for the New South Wales container deposit scheme, has announced a significant change to the way beverage suppliers will be invoiced, moving to an in-arrears model from September 2025. The shift will...
Wine sector transparency project delivers new tools for growers
The Shout
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July 18, 2025
A three-year initiative aimed at boosting market transparency and addressing long-standing information imbalances in Australia’s wine supply chain has concluded, delivering a suite of new tools and insights to support in the inland regions. Funded...