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2008
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MEDIA RELEASES
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| Dec |
Cool is the new Black. Lonely Planet declares that cool is a Hot Spot. "Queensland's coolest town (lterally) at an altitude of 915m, is one of its least known hotspots. click for story click for blog |
| Dec |
| Blog onto the Granite Belt According to the latest findings from Forrester Research, three quarters of adult Australians use online social media, making it the obviuos new tool in the marketing arsenal for the Granite Belt Wine Country. click for story Click for blog |
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| Nov |
Nude Food Revelead Foodies who want to eat as nature intended should welcome the launch this weekend of a new food trail in Queensland. click for more |
| Nov |
Twelve months ago Queensland's leading winemakers launched something called Strange Bird. More than strange... it's something of a super bird, which now has its own Facebook. There's talk of a new playmate too. click here for more
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| Oct |
Granite Belt dominates Queensland Wine Scene. While Queensland produces less than 2% of Australia's wine, the results of this year's Australian Small Winemakers Show confirms it punches above its weight. The Granite Belt in particular being the star of the show. click here for more |
| Oct |
| Buy Me, I'm a Local- Years ago, amoungst the fresh fruit and vegetables in the IGA supermarket in Young, NSW was displayed a cute hand-written sign saying "Buy me, I'm a Local." click here for more |
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| Sept |
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| Aug |
New Team for GBWT - The 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc (GBWT) held on 21 August has elected its new management committee. Incoming president is Philip Moye click here for more |
| Aug |
Signs of Support for Tourism - Stanthorpe businesses benefit from tourism's $93.1m in value to the region, now have an opportunity to support the sector which boosts their business click here for more |
| Aug |
Food Group Sets Agenda - Foodies in one Queensland region are a hive of activity, implementing a number of recommendations from the inaugural Granite Belt Food Forum click for more |
| Aug |
Tourism Drives Local Economy - Recent research revealign the value of tourism to the Southern Downs and Granite Belt is welcomed by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc (GBWT) click for more |
| Aug |
Elevate Your Taste Buds at the Ekka - Visitors to the Brisbane Ekka will have the ch ance to take their taste buds on a regional tour when the country comes to the city this month. click for more |
| July |
Granite Belt Growers Return to South Bank - As snow falls today on the high ground of Queensland's Granite Belt, the region's producers are looking forwad to descending the 1000 metres to showcase their produce in Brisbane next month. click for more |
| July |
Festival Pensioned Off The Granite Belt has pensioned off the former Spring Wine Festival and is rebranding Spring under the title - "Primavera: Granite Belt Spring Style". Click for more. |
| July |
Community Talking Tourism In a regional tourism destination, tourism is everybody's business. Click here to learn more. |
| June |
Posters to Elevate Taste The latest tool in the Granite Belt Wine Country marketing arsenal is aimed at elevating tastebuds. Click here for more |
| June |
Forum Forges New Food Region This week’s historic Granite Belt Food Forum heralded the beginning of a transformation for the Queensland wine capital into Australia’s newest food and wine region. Click here for more |
| May |
Volunteers Cut the Birthday Cake - There are more than five million volunteers in Australia and for thirty at least, there is cause for celebration this week on the Granite Belt. Click here for more |
| May |
Granite Belt Food Forum - With food production in this part of Queensland expected to experience an average annual growth rate of approximately eight per cent per annum, Queensland week is the time set for the inaugural Granite Belt Food Forum. Click here for more. |
| May |
Association's Approval Rating: a figure a Politican would Envy - Consolidation has certainly paid dividends for one local organisation, as the reslts of a new member survey revealed today show. Ninety percent of those surveyed said overall they were happy with their memberhsip of GBWT. Click here for more |
| May |
Gen Y Takes on Tourism - "Get 'em young and train 'em" is a proven tactic, and the latest to adopt it is the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc (GBWT) as part of its strategy for growth. Click here for more. |
| April |
Food Partners Wine in Granite Belt - Culinary tourism is the latest initiative to be dished up by Granire Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. (GBWT) as part of its push to tap into Australians' continuing fascination with food. Click here for more. |
| April |
You dont have to be a Grower to Get Fresh in Wine Country - dozens of agri-food producers will soon converge on Stanthorpe and when the work is done they'll explore Queensland's wine capital. Click here for more. |
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Japanese Wine Interest - Granite Belt wines are being profiled in Japan thanks to the support shown toa visting Japanese wine journalist by locals in the Queensland wine capital. Click here for more. |
| March |
Tasting to the Max - some may not have noticed, but slipping into Queensland between the Winelander train and the Apple & Grape Harvest Festival was one very influential wine writer - Max Allen. Click here for more. |
| March |
Stanthorpe in the Bag - In the week that Stanthorpe plays host to Queensland's original wine tourism event - the Apple & Grape Harvest Festival - it receieved the good news that it will host the Queensland Information centres Asscoiation (QICA) AGM & Conference in 2009. Click here for more. |
| Feb |
Between a Hard Place and a Rock - Amongst the dozens of delegates heading to this year's Queensland Information Centres Association (QICA) conference in Rockahmpton will be Roseanne Fritz, the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism (GBWT) delegate. Click here for more. |
| Feb |
Granite Belt dominates Qld's Top 20 Drops - While Queensland may have ten wine regions, the Granite belt dominates for quailty fruit, according to the state's most influential wine writer, Ken Gargett. Click here for more. |
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On-line enhancements for Granite Belt Wine Country - the push to provide greater visitor services, as well as member benefits, forms the next phase of the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism's (GBWT) on-line strategy. Click here for more. |
| Jan |
Grapes go on-line on the Granite Belt - With vintage currently underway in the Queensland wine capital, growers can now sell their grapes on-line. Click here for more |
