Comments on: Germany Calling – how do we get Germans to drink the real Australian wine http://www.downunderwines.net/2009/07/09/germany-calling-how-do-we-get-germans-to-drink-the-real-australian-wine/ Analysen zu exklusiven Weinen aus Australien - Weinregionen, Winzer & Cellar Doors Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:13:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Australian Wine in Europe http://www.downunderwines.net/2009/07/09/germany-calling-how-do-we-get-germans-to-drink-the-real-australian-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Australian Wine in Europe Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:05:51 +0000 http://www.downunderwines.net/?p=1546#comment-210 [...] spent many months traveling down under and asked me a few months ago, whether we could provide some background info to Australian wine developments for his blog. With the decision of the Australian Wine and Brandy [...] [...] spent many months traveling down under and asked me a few months ago, whether we could provide some background info to Australian wine developments for his blog. With the decision of the Australian Wine and Brandy [...]

]]> By: Eckhard Supp http://www.downunderwines.net/2009/07/09/germany-calling-how-do-we-get-germans-to-drink-the-real-australian-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Eckhard Supp Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:08:33 +0000 http://www.downunderwines.net/?p=1546#comment-208 Michael, there is one simple reason for the fact that Germans do not have access to nor any knowledge about Australia's top notch wines: it's the complete withdrawal of your marketing organisations from this market. For us winewriters it has become nearly impossible to organize comprehensive tastings, to visit your country and to discover and talk about your best wines. Obviously, German consumers are all the more disoriented about qualities and tend to identify wines from Australia as the cheapest plunk available. Just recently I wrote to the London office of Wines of Australia, asking if there was any possibility of tasting your wines - to this day I have not even received an answer to my e-mail. If this is what you call politeness, down under, then there obviously is no hope .... Cheers Eckhard P.S. .... waiting for some new post of yours on our WorldWine Blog :-) Michael,

there is one simple reason for the fact that Germans do not have access to nor any knowledge about Australia’s top notch wines: it’s the complete withdrawal of your marketing organisations from this market.

For us winewriters it has become nearly impossible to organize comprehensive tastings, to visit your country and to discover and talk about your best wines. Obviously, German consumers are all the more disoriented about qualities and tend to identify wines from Australia as the cheapest plunk available.

Just recently I wrote to the London office of Wines of Australia, asking if there was any possibility of tasting your wines – to this day I have not even received an answer to my e-mail. If this is what you call politeness, down under, then there obviously is no hope ….

Cheers
Eckhard

P.S. …. waiting for some new post of yours on our WorldWine Blog :-)

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