Centre Projects
Focus Vineyard
Brief:A focus vineyard network will be established in Marlborough and Hawke’s Bay, representing different types of grape growing environment, different production and quality issues, each requiring specific management processes. This project will compare and contrast different techniques under various environmental conditions, and will allow extrapolation to other growing districts. Considerable work will be involved in keeping accurate management, production and financial records. The emphasis of the focus vineyard will be to create the best possible platform to implement industry best practice technique under one umbrella. The Marlborough region has identified areas of best practice to include, a clearer understanding of the impacts on soil and plant nutrients, grape yield assessment, plant water requirements, plant and pest management, financial and environmental implications these processes have on quality vines, quality wines.
A Marlborough Focus Vineyard Committee has been set up, comprising Robin Hammond (chair), Heather Davies, Prue Wisheart, Jeremy Hyland, Max Gifford, Edward Ensor, all growers, Dr Mike Trought (Plant and Food Research), Dr Marc Greven (Plant and Food Research), Andrew Naylor (Pernod Ricard), Bart Arnst (Seresin), Dominic Pecchenino (Matador), Diane Stewart (Nobilo), Sally van der Zijpp (Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand), Murray Neal and Greg Dryden (Fruition), Jason Barnes (Fruit Fed), are key researchers and extension people.
Focus Vineyard (extracted from Annual Report 2005-06)
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