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Australia exports about 71% of what it grows, two supermarkets sell around 67% of its groceries, and pub wine lists in wine country get written in head office.
Part two of the osteria test: what we could borrow from Italy. Grower-owned mills and dairies, a GI register run by producers (the EU trade deal gives us one), public plates that buy local.
Next time you're in a wine region, ask the bar what's local.
Not a Single Local Drop: What Australia Could Borrow from the Italian Osteria
Part one ended in a Tuscan osteria where everything on the table came from the valley outside. This one starts in a pub in an Australian wine region, vines on every side, where I asked what local wines they had and got a blank look.https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-10-15-not-a-single-local-drop/