Technical Information

SenseT

The University of Tasmania, in collaboration with CSIRO, IBM and the Tasmanian governmnet have been awarded funding from the Federal Government to roll out the SenseT project.  More information can be found here.

Biosecurity

Biosecurity is of vital importance to the Tasmanian wine sector.  The introduction of exotic pests and/or diseases, or agrochemical resistant genotypes of currently present pests and diseases would pose a serious threat to the sustainability of our sector.  The Wine Tasmania Biosecurity resource diverts here.

GWRDC Downy Mildew FAQ

The GWRDC have published a document addressing Frequently Asked Questions on Downy Mildew in response to the current widespread incidence of infection across winegrowing regions (including Tasmania).  It is available here or from the GWRDC website, where a factsheet on Downy Mildew is also available.

Botrytis Decision Support Model

Please find the call for expressions of interest in the Botrytis Decision Support Model here.

A copy of the powerpoint presentation by Dr. Kathy Evans can be dowloaded in pdf form here.

The Tasmanian Sustainable Viticulture Program

“Sustainable production is an economically viable system in which production occurs without degrading or damaging the natural resources that support production, benefiting the property, the community, the broader environment and future generations.”

What is the TSVP?

The Tasmanian Sustainable Viticulture Programme (TSVP) is designed to provide a range of integrated tools, templates and protocols to Tasmanian winegrape growers for the purpose of evaluating, recording, improving and reporting their sustainability.

The reporting criteria dictate the minimum requirements to attain achievement of progress toward sustainability. It was initiated to accomplish two objectives:

1. To provide a template for all Tasmanian winegrowers to assess and improve their own sustainability against a set of Best Practice parameters and recognised metrics; and

2. To provide the evidence to the greater community that Tasmanian winegrowers take their stewardship of the landscape seriously.

The program will be membership driven and will offer a number of benefits.

Benefits of Membership

Whilst the core information (protocols, self assessment guides, templates etc) is available to all winegrowers to promote Wine Tasmania's desire to see sustainable practices adopted on the widest scale possible, membership brings added benefits. The benefits arrive in the form of support in implementation (property planning, spray diaries, calibrations, adapting SOP’s etc), group discounts for nutrient testing and exclusive seminars/workshops. The final support is a randomised assessment of spray diaries and randomised residue tests to ensure that our system is working properly.

Wine Tasmania is working with the Grape and Wine Research Development Corporation (GWRDC) to implement this program to benefit all viticulturalists statewide.

Field Visits

David Sanderson is available to visit your vineyard to discuss any aspect of susutainable viticultural production.  If you wish to arrange a visit please contact david on 03 6223 3770 or dsanderson@winetasmania.net.au.

Improving Spray Application in the Vineyard - by Dr Andrew Landers

Improving Spray Efficiency - the grand tour 2008.pdf

The Grand Tour Presentation handout.pdf 

Integrated Pest Management

Please download the TSVP IPM Code of Conduct here, and the TSVP IPM Self Assessment Guide here 

Integrated Disease Management for Winegrapes in Tasmania

Integrated Disease Management for Winegrapes in Tasmania is a poster produced to assist winegrape growers in their decision making. 

Integrated Disease Management involves considering all aspects of the production of high quality winegrapes in the planning and response activities for keeping disease out of the vineyard.  In applying Integrated Disease Management the viticulturist supports the environmental sustainability of the vineyard by encouraging biodiversity, reducing agrochemical use and creating a growing environment that inhibits disease development.

This poster is available from the Wine Tasmania office, at Roberts in Launceston and at field days, seminars and workshops conducted or supported by Wine Tasmania.