Viticulture

Viticulture

Toasting a new taste

Richard Tallis still barely knows how to pronounce Bogazkere.

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App to inform harvest

A new app is helping grape growers better measure and track the development of grapes in the vineyard to assist with harvest and vineyard management decisions.

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Cheers to top drops

The gallery at Mitchelton Winery has never seen so many varieties of wine.

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Wines exports up

Australian winemakers are raising their glasses to a boost in export sales.

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Great wine grape harvest

This year’s wine grape harvest in Tasmania has set new records in terms of value and volume, according to Wine Tasmania’s 2018 wine grape vintage report.

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Wine brings cheer

Australian wine export values and volumes have reached all-time record levels with the value of wine exports up 20 per cent to $2.76billion and export volumes up 10 per cent to 852million litres.

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Regions’ top drop named

Glenhope winery Burke & Wills, near Heathcote, has won the 2017 Victorian Wine Show Premier’s Trophy.

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Show to seek best drop

The Dookie Wine Show is back again for its 15th year, with entries for the event closing on August 3.

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Cash for wine

Wine Australia and the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre have signed a $9million co-investment research, development and extension agreement to develop new technologies and provide practical information to growers and winemakers to increase profitability and competitiveness, as well as improve environmental sustainability.

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Grower digs deep

The key to enhancing the sustainability and productivity of Australia’s established vineyards lies in better soil management, according to Nuffield scholar and viticulturist Andy Clarke.

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Less guesswork

Grapegrowers now have more tools to tackle grapevine disease and disorders, with the launch of a new app earlier this month.

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Phylloxera warning

Wine Australia and Vinehealth Australia are encouraging grapegrowers considering planting or replanting grapevines to use phylloxera-resistant rootstocks to future-proof their business.

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Wine push in China

A new campaign to drive international demand for Australian wine has been unveiled at Vinexpo Hong Kong.

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Chinese are thirsty for GV exports

As distribution channels become easier to navigate, the burgeoning Chinese market has ripe opportunity for wines from the Goulburn Valley and surrounds, some industry figures say.

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Wine export booming

Wine exports to China have topped $1billion for the first time, with exports jumping 51 per cent on the same time last year.

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Success story shared

When Hayley Purbrick began working for her family’s winery eight years ago, she could never have imagined it would be the first carbon-neutral winery to be certified in Australia.

Ash Witoslawski
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China thirst grows wine export

Booming exports to China have seen the Australian wine industry achieve record export levels, adding more than $2.56billion in value last year. The new figures released by Wine Australia reveal that exports to China have increased by more than half...

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Wine tactics spur complaint

Australia is seeking global wine intervention after accusing Canada of keeping Australian wine off its supermarket shelves. The Federal Government has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation in protest at the way Canada applies...

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Fighting for a future

Darcy Hare doesn’t quite fit the typical stereotype of someone passionate about water and policy.

Sophie Baldwin
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Farmers rally in Melbourne

Dozens of irrigators and community leaders are marching in Melbourne this morning to protest the impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan on their communities. “We want to be heard. We want the ministers to listen to our concerns and understand...

Geoff Adams
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Barmah National Park brumbies starving due to drought

Drought conditions and flooding caused by water spilling out of the Barmah Choke have left brumbies in Barmah National Park starving, forcing local volunteers to handfeed them in an attempt to keep them alive.

Sophie Baldwin
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Bandaid approach leaves farmers stranded

THE OTHER week we sent 20 cows from our Crossley dairy farm to slaughter. That’s on top of the 15 we sent a few weeks before. These were good dairy cows, profitable and well in-milk. We wanted to keep them. But the sad truth is we probably...

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