Vineyard Futures Workshop

Soils, Soil Management, Climate and Vineyard Technology

Held on Wednesday 18 June 2014

This workshop focused on future trends in climate across south eastern Australia, and specifically future climate projections in and around the Beechworth wine region and North Eastern Victoria. The major focus of this workshop is soils and soil management looking at biodynamic, organic and other conventional management practices which enhance soil heath and vineyard sustainability. It also examined future innovations in vineyard technology.

Click here to download the workshop program. Presentations from the event are listed below.

Presentation Presenter
Climate trends and projections for the Beechworth wine region and the North East of Victoria Dr Andrew Hall (Charles Sturt University)
Vineyard operations of the future – exciting developments on the horizon Brett McClen (Brown Brothers)
Summary of national soil health benchmarking project for Australian viticulture Dr Ian Porter (DEPI)
Insights into vineyard soils management on De Bortoli’s Yarra Valley vineyards Robert Sutherland (De Bortoli)
Insights into organic vineyard soils management at Baileys of Glenrowan Paul Dahlenburg (TWE Baileys of Glenrowan)