The story of wine exports is becoming one of sustained growth, with new figures from Wine Australia revealing an 11 percent increase over the past year.

The $2.71 billion sector is booming largely thanks to China with 24 percent growth during the past 12 months.

Wine Australia’s focus is looking towards addressing a decline in product sent to the US which was down 8 percent in the year to October.

Rural reporter Eddie Summerfield spoke with Wine Australia Chief Executive Andreas Clark:

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