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GWRDC: Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation

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July 2013
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bullet   #INseries 
bullet   Factsheets 
bullet   Research outcomes 
bullet   Events 

In this issue

 

Articles

Workshops address Tasmania’s top priorities from vineyard to profit margin

Tasmania’s 2013–14 Regional Program focuses on growers and their role in protecting and enhancing the state's premium wine reputation.

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Workshops provide glimpse of new China research

New research aims to help Australia’s wine industry identify ways to find success in the burgeoning Chinese export market.

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New evaluation tool for growers and nurseries

New research helps nurseries and growers to get serious about quality planting material as first step in achieving sustainable and productive vineyards.

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Website tool picks the cream of the cover crop

Grapegrowers trying to decide which cover crop is best suited to their vineyard can get help from the website www.covercropfinder.com.au

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NWGIC trunk disease video

Practical management options for controlling trunk disease in grapevines.

The National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) has recently released an animated video titled 'Trunk disease in grapevines'. Wayne Pitt, Research Associate at NWGIC said "the video was commissioned to provide growers with some simple rules for pruning, which are designed to reduce infection by Australia's two main grapevine trunk diseases: Eutypa dieback and botryosphaeria dieback."

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GWRDC #INseries

For anyone who missed GWRDC's first #INseries events on China Insights, you can view Professor Larry Lockshin's powerpoint presentation here.

A final report of findings from Professor Lockshin's research project will be made available in the coming months.

Stay tuned for more details of our next #INseries events coming up in November 2013.

 

Spray application workshops

GWRDC will be conducting a series of Spray Application workshops in several wine regions across the country in October this year. We're just firming up some of the details but stay tuned for more information in the coming months about a workshop near you.

 

WineTech

WineTech – Australia’s premier showcase of wine technology, equipment and services.

WineTech offers wine industry professionals the opportunity to network face-to-face and keep abreast of the latest products and services available for the production of wine.

WineTech will be held in Sydney this week in conjunction with the triennial Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference.

Register here

 

Savour Australia 2013

Tickets are on sale for Savour Australia 2013. The three-day business forum, to be held in Adelaide from 15–18 September, will showcase the quality and diversity of Australia’s wine and wine regions to the global and domestic wine trade, importers, distributors and wine and lifestyle media through:

  • In-depth wine tastings as part of a Grand Tasting and more intimate Landmark tastings that showcase Australia’s ultimate wine offerings
  • Numerous opportunities for Australian wine producers to network with the global wine trade and media and showcase their wines  through tastings, networking lounges, tasting bars, lunches and dinners
  • Business sessions presented by the world’s leading authorities on restaurants, retailing, digital and social marketing, pricing, supply and demand, global trends, distribution and consumer behaviour.

Savour Australia 2013 will provide an opportunity for Australian wine producers and regional and state wine bodies to do business and connect with the world’s most influential wine trade and media, showcase their wines and get cutting-edge insights to inform their business.

To find out more about Savour Australia 2013 or to book tickets, click here.

 

Factsheets

The following factsheets have been recently updated:

Other resources

 

Research outcomes

  • Measuring Consumer Taste Preference through Wine Shows   MORE
  • Development of a diagnostic protocol for Flavescence dorée phytoplasma (FDp)   MORE
  • Exploring the structure function relationships of analogues of the auxin plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)   MORE
  • Attendance and presentation at the 13th International Congress on Yeasts in Madison, Wisconsin, August 2012   MORE
  • Improving Winery Refrigeration Efficiency   MORE
  • VII International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops – Travel 2012   MORE
 

Events

Upcoming grape and wine events

18-21 JULY 2013

Wine Health 2013

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