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Building resilience and sustainability in the grape and wine sector

The AWRI is taking a coordinated, national approach to disseminating current technical information about greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage and the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) to the Australian grape and wine sector. The AWRI team is working closely with the Department of Agriculture to bring together the most up-to-date and accurate information and to deliver it in regional workshops, webinars, professional education and by providing technical support and advice by phone and online.

The program is presented by viticulturists Mardi Longbottom and Marcel Essling and oenologists Geoff Cowey and Matt Holdstock.

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Webinars

• Maximising the potential of Grape Marc
• Harnessing the sun at De Bortoli Wines: A case study
• Grazing sheep in vineyards

Factsheets

• Winery refrigeration case study
• Reducing fuel use in vineyards – Giggling Goose vineyards case study
• Water and energy savings from using mulch in vineyards – Yalumba case study
• Winery greenhouse gas emissions – Winemaking Tasmania case study
• Improving winery energy efficiency – St Hallett case study
• Grazing sheep in vineyards – Cumulus Vineyards case study
• Improving efficiency and carbon storage to reduce vineyard costs and GHG emissions – Clover Hills Wines case study
• Climate change mitigation and the Emissions Reduction Fund fact sheet
• Managing greenhouse gas emissions in viticulture
• Effects of climate change in the vineyard
• Understanding methane reducing tannins in enteric fermentation using grape marc as a model tannin source
• Using grape marc as a feed additive in livestock industries
• Nitrous oxide management in viticulture

Carbon calculator

• Australian Wine Carbon Calculator

Events presentations

Building resilience and sustainability in the grape and wine sector (Melbourne) – 18 December 2014

Prof Tim Flannery, Australian Climate Council – Keynote presentation
Mardi Longbottom, AWRI – Mitigation, adaptation or innovation?
Marcel Essling, AWRI – Opportunities for the grape and wine sector
Geoff Cowey, AWRI – Australian climate policy and the global carbon market

Building resilience and sustainability in the grape and wine sector workshop (Penola) – 11 November 2014

Prof Tim Flannery, Australian Climate Council – Climate change keynote address
Darren Ray, BOM – Climate change and the Limestone Coast region
Peter Dry, AWRI – Extreme and increasing temperate: effects on grapes and wine
Phil Cohn, RAMP Carbon – Climate policy and carbon markets
Lilly Lim-Camacho, CSIRO – Why move to Pinot? Consumer perspectives of climate adaptation
Liz Riley, Vitibit – Can we protect grapes and vines using suncreen?
Paul Petrie, Treasury Wine Estates – Delayed pruning of grapevines

South Australian Key Influencers workshop – 31 July 2014

Darren Ray, BOM – Climate change and South Australian wine regions
Peter Hayman, SARDI – “What are the key climate related trends and influences on the SA wine industry and how might they play out over the next 10-15 years?”
Mark Farrell, CSIRO – A snapshot of current soil C and N research
Lilly Lim-Camacho, CSIRO – Consumer perspectives of adaptation (preliminary results)
Geoff Cowey, AWRI – Building resilience & sustainability in the grape and wine sector

Launch event – 1 July 2014

Event photos
Prof. Will Steffen, Climate Council – Climate Change 2014: Science, Risks and Responses
Phil Cohn, RAMP Carbon – Changing climate, changing business
Mardi Longbottom, AWRI – Adaptation, mitigation or innovation?
Jonathan Lord, Taylor’s Wines – Adaptation in a new climate
Louisa Rose, Yalumba – Opportunities presented to Yalumba
Darren Ray, BOM – Climate change and South Australian wine regions