HITTING ROCK BOTTOM?
The estimated 2026 vintage for the Riverland showed shiraz prices would be staying at a critical low of $80 to $150 per tonne. PHOTOS: Madison Eastmond. INSET: Berri family – Nontas and Aphrodite Koutouzis, with children Nikoleta, Katerina, and Theodore – made the difficult decision to dump their shiraz grapes last week.

HITTING ROCK BOTTOM?

Now facing a third year of low grape prices, Berri farmer Nontas Koutouzis made the difficult decision to dump his shiraz vintage last week – and potentially his cabernet sauvignon next.

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