Aussie Wine Chat

Simon and Darren talk to Rob McMillan of the Silicon Valley Bank following the release of the 2022 State of the US Wine Industry report. We talk trends, market changes, generational change and Aussie wine in the US. For anyone interested in the US market or in trends affecting the global wine sector, the 2022 report is a must read and Rob gives us a great highlight (and lowlight) reel.

Daniel Navacchi is Now Global Logistics’ Director and Customer Happiness guy. He’s seen a lot during his career in freight-forwarding, but nothing like the challenges currently disrupting global supply chains. Simon and Darren chat to Daniel about what’s happening, when it’s likely to change and how you can work with it.

In a return to podcasting after a medium-length hiatus, Simon and Darren catch up with Andrew Caillard and Angus Hughson. We talk all things The Wine Journal, which is designed for all Australian wine producers with a focus on telling a story through their wine (so all of our listeners). We also chat about The Australian Ark project -  3 volumes on the history of Australian wine, told through over 200 years of stories. It will be worth the wait!

Simon and Darren talk to James Fildes, recently out of quarantine in Tanunda, and ready to work with  Australian wine producers on building their sales presence and customer targeting on the Vivino platform.

Simon and Darren Catch up with 7 of Australia's leading Ag and Wine Tech businesses covering technology from grape harvesting trough to consumer engagement and everything in between. They were all meant to exhibit at South Australia's AdvanceAg Expo with FOMENT last week, but it was postponed due to COVID - so we got them together for a special SA lock-down episode of Aussie Wine Chat. Please meet:

• Matt Cooper: D3Ag in-field weather and crop monitoring
• Abbe Hyde: Winely real-time fermentation analysis
• Chris Braine: Cellr consumer engagement through connected packaging
• Nathalie Taquet: eBottli information management platform 
• Grant Baker: Borough Markets hyper-personalised marketing campaigns
• Guy Davidson: Onside rural check-in solution
• Matt Sciancalepore: Aussie Wine Group in-field sorter to remove MOG (nice name)

David Cumming is the owner of 'Define Wine Marketing' and a boutique wine retail shop 'The Lane Cellars' in Orange, NSW.  We chat to David about the boom in regional cellar door visitations and sales, future sales strategies wineries should consider when thinking of a ‘post pandemic’ world and the brand risks associated with substituting wine from other regions amongst their portfolio.

This week, we're joined by Ashley Ratcliff of Ricca Terra to chat about his unique brand, delivering us alternative Mediterranean varieties. 

This week, Simon and Darren chat to Queensland wine icon, Mike Hayes. He lets us in on why Queensland is making some of the best wine in the world, and how the industry has been coping with the climate, Covid and China crises. 

This week we catch up with Staurt and Magda from the UK's best Australian wine specialist,  The Vinorium, about their journey to being an Aussie wine  powerhouse, what they have learned along the way and what they can share about selling Australian wine in the US and UK.

Vinorium were voted 'Best Australian Specialist' by Decanter in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

We're joined by founder of wine tech start-up, Cellr, Chris Braine, to talk wine authentication, track and trace and direct to consumer marketing.