VICTORIAN Farmers Federation (VFF) Sunraysia branch spokesman Bill McClumpha says Sunraysia wine growers are "looking down the barrel of ruin" amid the Federal Government's failed attempts this week to get China to back down on new tariffs on Australian wine.

Local growers were "furious" with the Federal Government's response, concerned about the future of local wine producers who had essentially built their businesses on a long-term, secure trade rel