On the 18th of May 2016 the DPI conducted a workshop in Orange looking at various aspects
of vineyard and winery sustainability.
Presenters from the University of Adelaide and the Australian Wine Research Institute
presented current areas of research and resources available to industry to help improve environmental
sustainability of Australian vineyards and wineries.
We are now going to hear from the presenters and introduce where you can find further information.
Today I will be presenting two talks, one concerning organic viticulture, which is an
increasingly sought after area of information for growers in all parts of Australia as the
industry prepares for time where they have to reduce their chemical inputs further and
the demand for organic products grows.
And also looking at ways in which we can improve the soil health in vineyards.
So as far as other resources go for growers, they can have a look on the Wine Australia
website and there are quite a few factsheets which are available there which have been
produced over the years.
Also we have produced a decision support tool called cover crop finder.com.au and that will
help considerably for people who are embarking or looking at changing their cover crop management
strategies and selection for whatever purposes they might require in the vineyard.
G'day, I'm Tadro.
I'm in Orange today presenting about the emission reduction fund and the opportunities for growers
and winemakers within that program.
The AWRI also has a really interesting tool for calculating you carbon emissions, both
from the vineyard and the winery are available at awri.com.au.
Hello I am Marcel Essling, I was here as part of the sustainability workshop in the Orange
region.
Today I spoke about Entwine, that is Australia's sustainability program.
We find the New South Wales is under represented in terms of entwine membership.
We were here to promote entwine, what it is good for, and how the regions can benefit
from it.
Entwine is about promoting brand Australia, as the main thing and also improving growers
and wineries environmental credentials as well as building a way to increase our sustainability
overall.
And for any further information about entwine you can go on our website and just follow
the links through viticulture sustainability to the entwine program.
Today we had a look at sustainability, I think it is a really important thing for the industry
to have a look at.
We always look at profit and look profit does make you sustainable, it's all the other little
things I think.
And todays really shown we have had a look at different businesses that have invested
in things that have made their business sustainable and will eventually lead to greater profitability.
I think we have to be very concise of what is happening around our greater environment,
we need to look at how we will continue to contribute to that and make a sustainable
industry for our children and their children.
We really have to have a look at those inputs and what we are doing.
We have had some great ideas of that today from AWRI, NSW DPI and Chris Penfold coming
and giving us some chats.
Overall today has been greatly received and everyone has really enjoyed not only hearing
that but also catching up with each other and having a bit of a chat about the season
and what's going ahead.
I would like to thank all the presenters and people who attended the sustainability workshop
in Orange and in particular Wine Australia and the New South Wales Wine Industry Association.
I will finish this presentation by recapping the useful resources discussed at the workshop
and available at various websites.
Thank you.