Australia’s drought may cut wine vintage by half (Environmental News

Australia’s drought may cut wine vintage by half (Environmental News Network)
Australia’s drought could cut the 2008 wine grape vintage by more than half, industry groups said on Monday, cutting into a A$3 billion ($2.6 billion) a year export business and possibly forcing hundreds of winemakers out of business. The 2008 vintage is likely to fall to between 800,000 tones and 1.3 million tones, compared with a normal seasonal crop of about 1.9 million tones, according to …