• A ‘second set’ of eyes
• Site visits can be scheduled as a ‘once off’ visit, at regular intervals, or to correspond with key grapevine growth stages
• Consultation involves a thorough inspection of each management unit and is followed by a report in which observations and recommendations are offered

• Development and review of business plans
• Review of vineyard and redevelopment budgets
• Assisting grape growers to map a strategic business direction
• Adapting to climate change

• Vineyard pre-purchase audit (due diligence)
• Review of vineyard performance and capital investment

• Sustainable (low input) viticulture practices
• Timely scheduling of vineyard operations to optimise management efficiencies
• Vineyard monitoring
• Integrated pest management (cultural and conventional spray programs) modified to maximise control and minimise costs based on monitoring results as the season progresses
• Improved vineyard performance (yield and fruit quality)
• Pruning recommendations to maximise fruitfulness and vine balance
• Canopy management
• Annual weed control program
• Soil management recommendations
• Interpretation of petiole and soil analysis data
• Efficient irrigation management in challenging conditions

• Optimising vine health
• Problem solving for unthrifty vines
• Nutrition deficiencies
• Collection of samples and reporting of diagnostic issues (disease, nematodes etc)

• Assist vineyard managers when planning a new vineyard or making changes to existing vineyard management units
• Overseeing vineyard redevelopment projects

Standardised format for:

• Vine canopy condition assessment
• Fruit quality assessment
• Facilitating the batching of parcels of fruit
• Identification of differences in blocks and vineyard sites
• Benchmarking changes in vineyard performance
• Grower communication sheets for use by wine grape growers and fruit purchasers

• Review vineyard developments and provide detailed reports for owner/investors and potential purchasers (due diligence).
• Specialist and independent expert reports and advice (legal or insurance claims)
• Loss assessment (spray drift, frost, fire, mechanical damage etc)

• Assessment of fruit quality (WGGA/WFA - Independent Expert)
• Fruit purity assessment (incidence and severity)
• Winery/vineyard liaison

• Project work for funding bodies, grower groups etc (literature reviews, grower extension projects, research and development, grower extension workshops))

• Vineyard performance benchmarking using WGGA’s ‘VineBiz’ template
• Regional financial benchmarking / reporting
• Fruit quality benchmarking

• Development and delivery of grower training materials (manuals, fact sheets etc)

• Connecting people - extensive networks in the Australian Wine Industry

• Authorised to approve land management plans for land holders (registration number 07SC05). For more information, click here