The Queensland producer is urging Australians to switch back to local wines, in a bid to improve the enconomy
Sirromet Wines owner Terry Morris is urging Queenslanders to help switch back to locally-produced white wines.
“It’s time for us to ditch the imports because right now three out of every four bottles of Sauvignon Blanc sold in Australia are from New Zealand,” says Morris.
Wine Australia reports that of the 32-million litres of Sauvignon Blanc sold in Australia in 2013, 73 per cent was imported from New Zealand.
“Why should we keep supporting jobs in New Zealand when we have more than 50 wineries in Queensland who employ people who spend their money with other local businesses?”
Morris suggests for white-lovers to try Queensland-made Verdelho, a fresh fruit-driven wine, made to be consumed young.
“Queensland is recognised as producing some of the best Verdelho wines in Australia, and it’s a variety that thrives on our Granite Belt soils and the cool climate there.”
“This is a 100-percent Queensland Verdelho in every way.
“There are more than three million adults in Queensland and if they each bought one bottle of local Verdelho from Sirromet or other wineries around the State then it will create jobs here.”
So as the consumer we do not have a choice what we drink? I know what I like, and just love some NZ wines.
Its like a chef refusing to cook a steak how you like it!
I live near Sirromet winery, love the place, of course I would like to buy locally, my palate is my guide here, I also feel NZ buys a lot of Australian goods, so this is just silly really.
Alchol of any sort is a DRUG
So is alcohol.
Lets face it. If you lie Sav. Blanc, You’d be crazy not to buy NZ. When I lived in NZ, I almost always bought Aus. reds. I recently had the good fortune to taste a good number of Aus. whites, and some were excellent. Some were not. It’s the same in NZ.
I must say that I have always considered Siromet to be more of a tourist attraction than a quality winemaker – and yes, NZ has some of them too. We drink what we enjoy……
I understood the article as a request to buy Australian wine,not for it to be compulsory..
Exactly, it is to urge people not to force. I agree though, I am always pushing my friends to drink Aussie wines, people just won’t try them to find out they do like them. I have given some of my Sauvignon Blancs that I get from Tasmania and also WA to my friend that ONLY drinks Marlborough Sauv Blancs and she enjoyed them just as much. Also, don’t people realise the more you buy from here, the better the prices get! We should be buying as much as we can that’s Aussie made as our farms etc are rapidly decreasing due to financial difficulty.
Only 3 out of every 4 bottles. Does this say something about the quality of our wines. I would certainly buy Australian white wines if they were good quality at a reasonable price E.g. 9th Island, but why buy stuff just to encourage mediocrity- maybe they should get the message and try growing capsicums or sheep.