Tens of thousands of tons of Australian Riverland wine grapes will be dumped on the ground or left to rot on the vine this season.
As I reported back in February, the drastic action was looming because of a national oversupply of grapes that would force down wine prices.
Some South Australian growers have been left with no market for their fruit because some could not get contract renewals with wineries and some had contracts suspended. Industry officials say the region's lost income could hit at least $65 million.
Glenn Arnold, a grower in Loxton who was interviewed by ABC television, said, "We're just trying to survive. Everybody says there's swings and roundabout and you know good times are followed by bad times, bad times are usually followed by good times ... . We've just got to hang in there.
"If we don't we're out, we're gone. And that will happen to some people unfortunately and that's pretty bad."
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