Neil McGuigan, Australian Vintage’s CEO, is not a man short of words. The affable, 55 year-old Aussie, who has been in charge for four years and is part of the family that started the company, is happy to tell it like it is on most subjects. Here, just-drinks’ deputy editor, James Wilmore, talks to McGuigan about the state of the global wine market, the company’s plans to get back into the US and the on-going tribulations at rival Treasury Wine Estates.

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