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2009 News

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2009 MEDIA RELEASES
Dec Primavera draws the numbers for Granite Belt Spring -  A new seasonal brand which was developedby the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc in 2008 to grow tourist traffic during the traditional shoulder spring season is paying dividends.
Dec

Granite Belt Leads Queensland Holidays’ Ultimate Auction Online - In the pilot, lot number 168 was a wine and food experience offered by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism (GBWT). This was one of four destination holidays which went to auction beginning on Monday 7 December at 2pm.

Nov Loyalty Card and Early Christmas Present for GBWT Members - Granite Belt Wine & Tourism (GBWT) will distribute a new loyalty card to its 150 members, encouraging them to do business with others members.
Nov

Cellar Door Pass Launches in Queensland - From this week’s Brisbane Good Food & Wine Show, wine lovers can use a smart card to visit the state’s premier wine region and purchase some of the Granite Belt’s top drops.

Oct

Lavender the November Granite Belt Calendar Theme When producing a 2010 community calendar Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. (GBWT) created a monthly theme to complement what is happening on the local food and wine scene.

Oct

Granite Belt Verdelhos Stand Out in the Crowd The inaugural Varietal Benchmark Tasting organised by the wine subcommittee of Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. featured Verdhelo's from the Granite Belt and other major Australian production regions, with the local wines outperforming their interstate rivals in a blind tasting.

Oct

Granite Belt Tourism Bucks the Trend   Latest tourism statistics from Granite Belt Wine & Tourism (GBWT) show a far more positive result for the region than data from Tourism Research Australia in their National Visitor Survey for the year ended June 2009.

Sept

New Granite Belt Visitor Guide The official visitor guide for the Granite Belt was released on Sunday at Southbank, and is the first to be produced by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism

Sept

GBWT appoints new board  The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc (GBWT) has elected its new management committee. The line-up includes four returning members and seven newly-elected members.

 
Aug Take the road less travelled to the Granite Belt
Tomorrow is the official first day of Spring, a fitting time ot launch a new scenic map to Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt.
July Nude Food Calender 
On Sunday 23 August the covers come off on the Nude Food calendar, the latest initiative from the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. (GBWT), a key ingredient of the At Our Table Function launching the spring Primavera promotion on Queensland’s Granite Belt.
June

Visitor Guide
Advertising in the official new visitor guide to the Granite Belt Wine Country is so strong that it is in stark contrast to the national trend which is seeing advertising revenue dwindle. This marks a firm endorsement to the Association's decision to self-publish.

June Naked Date
From the coolest place in Queensland that brought you Strange Bird, and then Nude Food, Stanthorpe is about to combine these two quirky identities in a 2010 photo calendar.
May

Strange Bird Re-Lays
It has been 18 months since the Strange Bird emerged from the Queensland wine capital, but this week the flock has expanded.

Apr

Stanthorpe Chamber Warms the Brass Monkey
Stanthorpe Chamber of Commerce and Granite Belt Wine & Tourism (GBWT) are getting into bed together this winter. The purpose of all this familiarity is a little ....

Apr Stanthorpe's Calling All Culture Vultures
It’s not all food and wine and autumnal colours on the Granite Belt these days, as a peek into the cultural calendar reveals.
Mar Queensland Vote Goes to the Wire  In the end "Australia" won by the narrowest of margins. the question posed to online pollsters recently was "How should wine from Queensland wine capital be labelled: Granite Belt, Queensland or Granite Belt, Australia"  Click for more
Feb Queensland Decides Queensland politicans may be waiting for exit oplls on 21st March, but they'll be pipped at the post by a  new survey being undertaken by Granite Belt Winemakers. Click for more.    VOTE NOW.
Jan Granite Belt Winery Visitor Spending Ranks in National Top 3. When it comes to how much visitors spend at the winery cellar door, Queensland's Granite Belt comes home with the bronze medal.  Click for more
Jan Granite Belt Vintage News. Vintage - the annual wine grape harvest - is about to get underway in the Queensland wine capital.  Click for more
Jan Granite Belt Bucks Trend. A Queensland summer holiday is more than sun, surf and sand as new figures released
this week by Queensland’s capital of cool confirm. Click for more
   

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