Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke has announced a $429,000 grant from the government's Promoting Australian Produce program for Australia's First Families of Wine (AFFW), a collaboration of high-profile Australian winemakers. The grant is being used to present a series of promotional events in the UK in an effort to bolster Australia's second largest export market for bottled wine-worth almost $489 million a year.
Recent events in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh and London were timed to coincide with London's International Wine Trade Fair. AAFW was formed last year, a collaboration between twelve family-owned Australian winemakers - Brown Brothers, Campbells Wines, D'Arenberg, De Bortoli Wines, Henschke, Howard Park Wines, McWIlliam's Wines, Tahbilk, Taylor's WInes, Tyrrell's Wines and Yalumba. Australian wine has been hurt severely by the global financial crisis, particularly premium wines, and by an oversupply of grapes, forcing the industry to tighten its belt over recent months. 
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