This information pack contains a list of freely accessible relevant resources that you can access directly online, followed by a list of hard copy and paywalled publications that can be accessed through the AWRI library free of charge.
For access to a more extensive collection of resources, Australian grapegrowers and winemakers can also search the AWRI library database.
RECOMMENDED READING
AVAILABLE ONLINE
- APVMA. 2025. Permit to allow minor use of a registered agvet chemical product for bunch removal in wine grape vines. APVMA permit PER94008.
- AWRI. 2025. Agrochemical update – How to ‘rest’ vineyards with ethephon. AWRI eBulletin.
- AWRI. 2025. No grape contract this season? Explore vineyard resting and removal pathways. AWRI eBulletin.
- AWRI. 2025. Vineyard removal and waste guide.
- AWRI. 2025. Vineyard removal and waste planning tool.
- Petrie, P. 2025. Vineyard resting [Webinar]. Webinar #14 AWRI Season 2025 webinar series. YouTube.
- SARDI. 2025. Resting vineyards using Ethephon: A cost-saving strategy when grapes are in oversupply [Fact sheet]. SARDI. (Reproduced with permission)
- Vinehealth Australia. 2024. Vine removal and biosecurity. Vinehealth Australia latest news.
- Dixon, R. 2023. Ask the AWRI: Understanding the costs and benefits of producing a wine-grape crop in low market demand years. Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker (717): 36-41.
- State of New South Wales through Regional NSW. 2023. Options for resting vineyards [Fact sheet]. NSW Department of Primary Industries. DPI Primefact PUB23/1062.
- Essling, M. 2022. Ask the AWRI: Factors involved in ‘mothballing’ vineyards. Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker (703): 69-70.
- Wine Australia. 2022. Mothballing Vineyards. Wine Australia.
- McGuire, L., Moulds, G. 2009. Mothballing the vineyard – actions & impacts. Final report to Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation. RT 05/01-4.
- Dimos, N.F. 2006. Mothballing review – 2006. In: McGuire, L., Moulds, G. 2009. Mothballing the vineyard – actions & impacts. Final report to Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation. RT 05/01-4. pp. 10-25.