2008 News
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| Dec |
Cool is the new Black - Lonely Planet declares that cool is a Hot Spot. Queensland's coolest town (literally) at an altitude of 915m, is one of its least known hotspots. |
| 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 obvious new tool in the marketing arsenal for the Granite Belt Wine Country. |
| Nov |
Nude Food Revealed - Foodies who want to eat as nature intended should welcome the launch this weekend of a new food trail in Queensland. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Oct |
Buy Me, I'm a Local - Years ago, amongst 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.". |
| Sep |
New Farmers Market for Granite Belt - to be launched on Sunday 12 October. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Aug |
Tourism Drives Local Economy - Recent research revealing the value of tourism to the Southern Downs and Granite Belt is welcomed by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc (GBWT). |
| Aug |
Elevate Your Taste Buds at the Ekka - Visitors to the Brisbane Ekka will have the chance to take their taste buds on a regional tour when the country comes to the city this month. |
| Jul |
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 forward to descending the 1000 metres to showcase their produce in Brisbane next month. |
| Jul |
Festival Pensioned Off - The Granite Belt has pensioned off the former Spring Wine Festival and is re-branding Spring under the title - "Primavera: Granite Belt Spring Style". |
| Jul |
Community Talking Tourism - In a regional tourism destination, tourism is everybody's business. |
| Jun |
Posters to Elevate Taste - The latest tool in the Granite Belt Wine Country marketing arsenal is aimed at elevating taste buds. |
| Jun |
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| May |
Association's Approval Rating: a figure a Politician would Envy - Consolidation has certainly paid dividends for one local organisation, as the results of a new member survey revealed today show. Ninety percent of those surveyed said overall they were happy with their membership of GBWT. |
| 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. |
| Apr |
Food Partners Wine in Granite Belt - Culinary tourism is the latest initiative to be dished up by Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc. (GBWT) as part of its push to tap into Australians' continuing fascination with food. |
| Apr |
You don't 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. |
| Apr |
Japanese Wine Interest - Granite Belt wines are being profiled in Japan thanks to the support shown to a visiting Japanese wine journalist by locals in the Queensland wine capital. |
| Mar |
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. |
| Mar |
Stanthorpe in the Bag - In the week that Stanthorpe plays host to Queensland's original wine tourism event - the Apple & Grape Harvest Festival - it received the good news that it will host the Queensland Information Centres Asscoiation (QICA) AGM & Conference in 2009. |
| 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 Rockhampton will be Roseanne Fritz, the Granite Belt Wine & Tourism (GBWT) delegate. |
| Feb |
Granite Belt dominates Qld's Top 20 Drops - While Queensland may have ten wine regions, the Granite belt dominates for quality fruit, according to the state's most influential wine writer, Ken Gargett. |
| Feb |
Online 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. |
| Jan |
Grapes go online on the Granite Belt - With vintage currently underway in the Queensland wine capital, growers can now sell their grapes online. |
