FEATURE: Established wineries are setting their sights on longer-term goals as the sector recovers from the issues of the past decade, and faces new challenges.
The Salitage winery in Pemberton has been put on the market for $7.9 million nearly two years after owners John and Jenny Horgan failed to sell off luxury accommodation at the estate.
Wineries are coming under pressure from some restaurateurs and others in the distribution chain to pass on the Federal Government’s wine equalisation tax rebate.
IN the political world it’s called being ‘on message’, and few people have managed to be as singularly focused on such an objective as Denis Horgan, arguably WA’s leading wine entrepreneur, who has unfailingly hammered
THE grapes are still rolling in for this year’s WA vintage but already it has become apparent that yields are going to be the lowest on record – a result of the coolest and driest summer in memory.
THE Western Australian wine industry is united in its commitment to change the current tax system as it relates to wine, according to president of the Wine Industry Association of WA and founder of Leeuwin Estate Winery, Denis Horgan.
LEEUWIN Estate’s scenic Margaret River setting could become the location for a high profile sports event to match the reputation it has earned in the arts through hosting its annual concert.
WA wine executives Geoff Cook and Denis Horgan are among high-powered industry delegates meeting in Canberra to push tax reform ahead of the forthcoming federal election.
