Wine with Meg + Mel
Wine with Meg + Mel
Mel Gilcrist, Meg Brodtmann
Wine News: How Hedge Funds, Record Exports, And Troye Sivan (?!) Are Shaping Australian Wine
25 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
Hellos, Shout‑Outs, And Community
Setting The News Agenda
Hedge Funds Shorting TWE Explained
What Shorting Signals For Treasury
Victoria’s Record Wine Year Unpacked
Marketing That Moves Wine
Penfolds x Troye Sivan Strategy
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Send us Fan Mail We break down why hedge funds are shorting Treasury Wine Estates in plain language, explore how Victoria Wine posted a record year, and unpack Penfolds’ culture pivot with Troye Sivan and the switch from the Australian Open to F1. We close by mapping the new logic of event sponsorships and what authenticity now means for wine brands. • How short selling works and why TWE is targeted • Luxury strategy under China headwinds • Why Victoria’s wine contribution hit records • The ...