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Grapevine management guide 2017 –18

Editor Darren Fahey

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Grapevine management guide 2017 –18 Darren Fahey | Development Officer - Viticulture Department of Primary Industries | Plant Systems Orange Agricultural Institute 1447 Forest Road Orange NSW 2800 T: 02 6933 2961 | F: 02 6933 2940 | M: 0457 842 874 | E: darren.fahey@dpi.nsw.gov.au W: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au

ii | Darren Fahey – Development Officer, Viticulture

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Disclaimer The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (June 2017). However, because of advances in knowledge, users are reminded of the need to ensure that the information upon which they rely is up to date and to check the currency of the information with the appropriate officer of NSW Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development or the user’s independent adviser.

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Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions made by many members of the Australian wine industry in the preparation of this publication. Particular thanks to staff from NSW Department of Primary Industries, Charles Sturt University, National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, Australian Wine Research Institute, State Vine Improvement Groups, Riverina Wine Grapes Marketing Board, Murray Valley Wine Grape Growers Inc., Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation, NSW Wine Industry Association, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board of South Australia, Australian Grape and Wine Authority.

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Contents

1 Foreword

2 Introduction

2 Current DPI NSW viticulture research

3 New and alternate varieties

4 Robert Stein vineyard and winery Implementing a new varietal

5 Varieties

5 Glossary

5 New South Wales 5 Picolit 7 Aleatico 9 Barbera 11 Sagrantino 12 Sangiovese 14 Touriga Nacional

15 Queensland 15 Fiano 16 Petit Manseng 17 Savagnin 18 Vermentino 19 Lagrein 21 Sagrantino

22 South Australia 22 Fiano 22 Gruner Veltliner 23 Vermentino 23 Montepulciano 24 Nero D’Avola

25 Victoria 25 Fiano 26 Garganega 26 Malvasia Istriana 27 Aglianico 30 Nero d’Avola 30 Nero d’Avola 31 Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso 32 Fiano 33 Garganega 33 Malvasia Istriana 34 Aglianico 35 Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso 36 Marsanne 36 Marsanne 37 Aglianico 38 Sangiovese 38 Sangiovese 39 Tempranillo 41 Tempranillo

42 Western Australia 42 Arneis 42 Arneis 43 Vermentino 43 Vermentino 44 Malbec 45 Tempranillo

46 Research

46 Practical management of grapevine trunk diseases

50 Management of Botrytis in cool climates

54 Mid row crops for vineyards

58 Evaluating and demonstrating new disease resistant varieties for warm irrigated areas

63 Appendices 64 Table 1. Post-emergent herbicides registered in NSW

for use in vineyards. 71 Table 2. Residual herbicides registered in NSW for

use in vineyards: Long-term pre-emergent control of a range of weeds depending on rate, soil and moisture.

74 Table 3. Chemical desuckering: Non-selective post-emergent ‘knockdown’ herbicides registered in NSW for use in vineyards.

107 Agriculture NSW – Horticulture Development Officers and Leaders

iv | Darren Fahey – Development Officer, Viticulture

Multidisciplinary teams Our teams are structured around the following themes

Disease management

• Molecular biology • Vine Pathology

Grape, wine composition & sensory science

• Analytical chemistry

• Sensory • Chemometrics • Metabolomics

Environmental impacts on grape quality

• Climatology • Vine Physiology • Analytical chemistry • Chemometrics • Metabolomics

Market insights

• Marketing • Consumer science • Food science

Workforce Development & Extension

• Education • Professional training • Research extension

& adoption

Contact Us Charles Sturt University

Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga NSW 2678

T: +61 2 6933 2940 E: nwgic@csu.edu.au

Serving our communities to provide degree-level education,

research and engagement. These aspirations are elaborated through

our enduring activities for our communities, our students and

ourselves.

GRAPEVINE MANAGEMENT GUIDE 2017–18 | 1

Multidisciplinary teams Our teams are structured around the following themes

Disease management

• Molecular biology • Vine Pathology

Grape, wine composition & sensory science

• Analytical chemistry

• Sensory • Chemometrics • Metabolomics

Environmental impacts on grape quality

• Climatology • Vine Physiology • Analytical chemistry • Chemometrics • Metabolomics

Market insights

• Marketing • Consumer science • Food science

Workforce Development & Extension

• Education • Professional training • Research extension

& adoption

Contact Us Charles Sturt University

Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga NSW 2678

T: +61 2 6933 2940 E: nwgic@csu.edu.au

Serving our communities to provide degree-level education,

research and engagement. These aspirations are elaborated through

our enduring activities for our communities, our students and

ourselves.

Foreword

Putting NSW growers at the top of the glass

always, the information will be reported directly back to industry through the Spring Vine Health Field Day workshops, which cover seven regions across the state during August and September, so be sure to register and hear the latest and greatest in all things viticulture during these sessions to help drive innovation in your vineyard.

With the recent annual Innovator’s Forum up