Regulating yield to improve wine quality and reduce industry costs

Abstract

A three-year project was funded by the Wine Australia and the Victorian DPI to improve the capability of Australian
grapegrowers to more consistently regulate the yield and composition of winegrapes and continue to improve the
intrinsic quality and supply quality of Australian wine. Crop forecasting and crop regulation application-ready
packages, consisting of software, manuals and a training module were developed, tested and extended.
Evaluations demonstrated that the project team had been successful in delivering crop forecasting and regulation
packages to the industry over a nine-year period. Continued support of refinement of the crop regulation
package and industry training would be desirable.

Summary

Investigation the use of informed pruning techniques to regulate yield in vineyards and understanding the associated relationships between yield and wine quality. This project also aims to extend application-ready packages to industry.