Winestate Magazine

AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE LIMITED

WHEN Australian Vintage was last year anointed Winestate Magazine’s Wine Company of the Year, CEO Craig Garvin was quoted as saying:

“We’ve had excellent wines and excellent winemakers and great capability, but now we’ve pulled them out from under the shadow of McGuigan and let them show off what they do in all our brands.

“I haven’t changed the winemaking strategy except to say we need to be a points-driven wine company and our top wines to have that credibility.”

Which begged the question: could that mean

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