Grapes
New South Wales represents the broadest diversity of wine-production climate and terroir in Australia. Production varies between ultra-premium cool-climate vineyards, to the Riverina, NSW’s largest production region that accounts for over half of the state’s wine-grape production. NSW produces around 500,000 tonnes or 30% of the Australian wine crush.
To support wine grape growers, we invest in research, development and extension activities across NSW wine growing regions including:
- Canberra District
- Cowra
- Gundagai
- Hastings River
- Hilltops
- Hunter Valley
- Mudgee
- New England
- Orange
- Perricoota
- Riverina
- Shoalhaven Coast
- Southern Highlands
- Tumbarumba
- Biosecurity planning for vineyard owners hosting visitors
- Phylloxera detection – grower guidelines
- Seasonal workers help protect our vineyards
- Top 10 farm gate hygiene activities
- Vineyard biosecurity action planner
- Vineyard biosecurity induction register
- Vineyard biosecurity induction video
- Visitor sign in register.pdf (PDF, 197.1 KB)
- Xylella on farm preparedness guide for vineyards
- Acidity management of grapevines and wines.pdf (PDF, 9.4 MB)
- Alternative weed control measures for vineyards.pdf (PDF, 441.6 KB)
- Case study of automated weather station at Robert Stein Wines (PDF, 186.0 KB)
- Colour in red grapes (PDF, 286.3 KB)
- Fundamental management of flooded vineyards
- Mid row crops for vineyards (PDF, 492.1 KB)
- Monitoring vine water status part 1 (PDF, 545.8 KB)
- Monitoring vine water status part 2 (PDF, 253.2 KB)
- Nitrogen nutrition and grape and wine production (PDF, 438.0 KB)
- Options for resting vineyards
- Options for vineyard reinvestment
- Soil nutrient application feeder root growth field trial (PDF, 177.6 KB)
- Trial of alternative varieties reworked on Chardonnay in the Murray (PDF, 410.7 KB)
- Using EL stages and growing degree day data to aid growing season planning (PDF, 211.1 KB)
- Varieties (PDF, 2.3 MB)
- Visual symptoms of herbicide drift on grapevine shoots leaves and fruit (PDF, 480.4 KB)
- Winegrape nutrition and fertiliser application for sustainable production (PDF, 342.9 KB)
View a selection of videos relevant to the viticulture industry.
The prestigious Graham Gregory Award is the top citation acknowledging an individual's outstanding contribution to the NSW wine industry.
Winegrowers, winemakers, and others involved in the wine industry such as researchers, educators, leaders and innovators are encouraged to apply.
Please note, this is a retrospective award recognising outstanding contribution from the previous year.
More information
- For more details, email engagement@dpi.nsw.gov.au
The Australian wine industry is based on numerous diverse and geographically separated wine regions. The extent of this diversity is unique when compared with our international competitors.
Of the wine producing Australian states, NSW exemplifies this diversity more than any other state. Capturing the benefits of this diversity is due, in no small way, to skillfully matching sites with varieties.
- Grapevine management guide 2024–25
- Grapevine management guide 2023–24
- Grapevine management guide 2022–23
- Grapevine management guide 2021–22
- Grapevine management guide 2020–21
- Grapevine management guide 2019-20
- Grapevine management guide 2018-19
- Grapevine management guide 2017-18
- Grapevine management guide 2016-17
- Grapevine management guide 2015-16
- Grapevine management guide 2014-15
- Alternative bunch rot control experimental trial (PDF, 392.8 KB)
- Avoiding spray drift from air-blast sprayers in vine and tree crops
- Botrytis fungicide evaluation trial (PDF, 235.0 KB)
- Brown marmorated stink bug (PDF, 152.2 KB)
- Cryptolaemus and lacewings for mealybug and scale control (PDF, 305.0 KB)
- Determining bunch rot impact on wine quality (PDF, 190.5 KB)
- Deterring birds from vineyards (PDF, 229.2 KB)
- Disease-resistant grapevine cultivars in the Riverina.pdf (PDF, 827.5 KB)
- European wasp pilot control program 2018-19 (PDF, 129.3 KB)
- European wasp pilot control program (PDF, 199.1 KB)
- Fungicide program for grapevines (PDF, 857.4 KB)
- Grapevine biosecurity – a how to guide.pdf (PDF, 325.9 KB)
- Grapevine phylloxera
- Grapevine Pinot Gris Virus (GPGV)
- Grapevine red blotch virus.pdf (PDF, 298.4 KB)
- Hail and severe storms.pdf (PDF, 368.6 KB)
- Legal responsibilities in applying pesticides (PDF, 152.2 KB)
- Management of Botrytis in cool climates (PDF, 159.9 KB)
- Managing downy mildew in NSW vineyards (PDF, 182.8 KB)
- Managing powdery mildew in NSW vineyards (PDF, 175.5 KB)
- Managing vineyard pests
- New requirements for the movement of Phylloxera Exclusion Zone winegrapes (PDF, 190.3 KB)
- Powdery mildew management (PDF, 175.5 KB)
- Practical management of grapevine trunk diseases (PDF, 259.2 KB)
- Queensland fruit fly and wine grapes (PDF, 541.0 KB)
- Queensland Fruit Fly and wine grapes - Information manual for Hunter Valley grape growers
- Root knot nematode and grapevine resistance (PDF, 235.7 KB)
- Sampling for grapevine red blotch virus and other viruses
- Scale insects in the vineyard (PDF, 4.0 MB)
- Seasonal factors affecting Botrytis risk (PDF, 335.6 KB)
- Spray application – the importance of calibration.pdf (PDF, 393.0 KB)
- Vigilance is required in Phylloxera fight (PDF, 239.2 KB)
- What’s new with powdery mildew (PDF, 171.4 KB)
- Xylella fastidiosa – what do we know and are we ready (PDF, 211.5 KB)
- Xylella on farm preparedness guide for vineyards.pdf (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Breeding-new-resistant-varieties.pdf (PDF, 149.7 KB)
- Case-study-Automated-lasers-for-bird-control.pdf (PDF, 147.0 KB)
- Decompressing-your-vintage.pdf (PDF, 263.6 KB)
- Developing-heatwave-management-strategies-through-grapevine-phytomonitoring.pdf (PDF, 276.1 KB)
- Evaluating-and-demonstrating-new-disease-resistant-varieties-for-warm-irrigated-areas.pdf (PDF, 157.4 KB)
- Fourier-transform-infrared-spectroscopy-measuring-grapevine-nutrient-status.pdf (PDF, 216.5 KB)
- Griffith-Research-Station-LoRaWAN-demonstration.pdf (PDF, 440.2 KB)
- Heatwave-management-in-Riverina-vineyards.pdf (PDF, 235.2 KB)
- Innovation-in-vineyard-IPM-and-biocontrol-release-technology.pdf (PDF, 315.4 KB)
- Monitoring-and-maintaining-your-drip-irrigation-system.pdf (PDF, 228.8 KB)
- New-online-tool-to-identify-best-rootstocks.pdf (PDF, 83.3 KB)
- Psychological-warfare-in-the-vineyard.pdf (PDF, 132.0 KB)
- Riverina vineyard dendrometer and sap flow demonstration
- Satellite-and-drones-for-water-and-nitrogen-decisions.pdf (PDF, 324.6 KB)
- Using-remotely-piloted-aircraft-for-vineyard-management.pdf (PDF, 217.2 KB)
- Using-weather-tools-to-make-vineyard-management-decisions.pdf (PDF, 238.8 KB)
- Viticulture-apps.pdf (PDF, 606.2 KB)
