AUS: Wine industry faces job cuts, ongoing grape glut
AUS: Wine industry faces job cuts, ongoing grape glut
May 2, 2012 6
(ABC) - The SA Wine Industry Council says a loss of 85 jobs at Orlando Wines reflects a challenging export market.
The company bottles Jacob's Creek, Richmond Grove and several other wines and says most of the jobs are going from South Australia.
Louisa Rose of the wine council says the industry is having a hard time because of a high Australian dollar.
"It's going to be disappointing for a lot of parts of the community, we're seeing the same sort of impacts I suppose from other industries such as the car manufacturing industry and unfortunately it's the result of what happens particularly with the exchange rates and the global economy," she said.
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