Australia’s biggest producers are to blame for the country’s wine crisis, says Brian Croser. Speaking at a conference in Adelaide, Croser – founder of premium wineries Petaluma and Tapanappa, and Decanter Man of the Year 2004 – savaged the top 10 producers, who make about 75% of the nation’s wine. The main problem was their ‘misdirected’ urge to dominate the fine wine sector as well as the commodity sector. Unfortunately and inevitably, their appetite for fine wine grapes has not been matched by their ability to sell the wine,’he said.
