Africa’s East Coast could hold the key to Australia’s wine industry becoming a $15 billion a year sector.

Australian Grape and Wine has developed a roadmap to growing the industry to 2050.

It includes a strategy to diversify and strengthen export markets, improving tourism to wine regions, and it sets a target of net zero carbon emissions.

Rural editor Eddie Summerfield caught up with Chief Executive Tony Battaglene to find out more:

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