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2008 News

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2008

 MEDIA RELEASES

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.
April 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.
Feb 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