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The Australian Government has committed AU$10m in grant funding to help boost wine tourism Down Under by 40,000 people by 2019-20. Need funds get your ‘wine experience’ idea up and running? Apply to Wine Australia by 02 March 2018.
A new smartphone app developed to help wine-grape growers ascertain the water status of their vines is being trialled across Australia.
Award-winning viticultural researcher Dr Jake Dunlevy hopes to ‘tease out’ the genes responsible for vines’ uptake of damaging ions found in saline soils as part of a bid to develop varieties better adapted to harsh Aussie conditions and climate change.
News worth toasting: A recent cost-benefit analysis by the Australian Grape and Wine Authority (AGWA) found that every dollar wine grape growers invest in new and improved rootstocks brings an impressive $11 return.