News – Vinehealth Australia

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

Board Communication to Industry: April 2025

We are pleased to share key updates from our recent Vinehealth Australia Board meeting held on…

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

METRO ADELAIDE FRUIT FLY OUTBREAKS

One Queensland fruit fly (QFF) outbreak is currently being managed in metropolitan Adelaide by PIRSA as…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Barossa Trail biosecurity boosted

The Barossa Council has installed Wine Tourism Biosecurity Signs at intervals along the Barossa Trail walking and…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Fruit fly outbreaks continue to challenge growers

The Riverland region is grappling with 56 ongoing outbreaks of Queensland Fruit Fly, posing a significant…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Vinehealth collaborating on prescribed burns

Vinehealth Australia recently met with representatives from the Department of Environment and Water (DEW) at a…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Heat Shed: more than a grape resource

Did you know that Vinehealth’s Naracoorte Heat Shed isn’t only for phylloxera control in the grape…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Best practice focus at Bremerton

A respect for biosecurity runs through all operations at Bremerton Wines in Langhorne Creek which was…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Phylloxera in the Yarra Valley: key learnings

Vinehealth Australia has released a series of fact sheets examining phylloxera spread in the Yarra Valley’s…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

SA Biosecurity Bill progresses

The South Australian Biosecurity Bill 2025 successfully passed through the SA Parliament on 6 February 2025…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

ILO training coming to Adelaide

Plant Health Australia is running free Industry Liaison Officers (ILO) training at the Waite Campus in…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Vineyard Record changes closed

Vinehealth Australia advises that the window for updating Vineyard Records on the Vinehealth Register has now…

March 30, 2025March 29, 2025

Payment plans available

Next month, Notice of Assessments (levies) for the 2024-25 financial period will be sent to South…

February 3, 2025January 31, 2025

Glynde Queensland Fruit Fly outbreak

On 23 January 2025, we alerted industry to a new Queensland fruit fly (QFF) outbreak at…

February 3, 2025January 31, 2025

Vintage 2025 Queensland fruit fly update

As a timely reminder for South Australian growers and wineries moving grapes from or to a…

February 3, 2025January 31, 2025

McLaren Vale vintage transport workshop

McLaren Vale Grape, Wine and Tourism Association hosted a vintage transport workshop on 16 January 2025….

February 3, 2025January 31, 2025

Tools to keep vines safe during vintage

Vintage is the busiest time of year, but it’s also when biosecurity risk peaks due to…

February 3, 2025January 31, 2025

Craig Markby: passionate about plants

Adelaide Hills Vineyard Manager Craig Markby is passionate about plants. Originally from Victoria, Craig moved to…

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025

New dry heat treatment requirements

The recently published research from Agriculture Victoria recommended new dry heat treatment conditions change from 40°C…

February 3, 2025January 30, 2025

Phylloxera in the Yarra Valley: Impacts

Vinehealth Australia has released a series of fact sheets examining phylloxera spread in the Yarra Valley’s…

February 3, 2025January 30, 2025

Phylloxera Management Working Group: current activities

The Phylloxera Management Working Group was formed between Vinehealth Australia and PIRSA in late 2024 to…

February 3, 2025January 30, 2025

The importance of up to date records: planted area

The Vinehealth Vineyard Register requires SA growers to keep accurate and up to date details of…

February 3, 2025January 30, 2025

Update on vineyard sales

Vinehealth Australia published an article in Jan 2024 on Consistency in SA vineyard sales. The most…

February 3, 2025January 30, 2025

Xylella getting closer to Australia

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has confirmed that Xylella fastidiosa is present in mainland…

December 18, 2024December 19, 2024

Industry Notice: Movement requirements for winegrapes regarding Queensland fruit fly

In this Industry Notice, we share important information from PIRSA for both vineyards and wineries about…

December 17, 2024December 16, 2024

125 years for Vinehealth Australia

On 21st December 2024, the Phylloxera and Grape Industry Board of South Australia – trading as…

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Anton Groffen named Biosecurity Champion

Congratulations to Wirra Wirra Viticulturist Anton Groffen who has been named the winner of the inaugural…

December 17, 2024December 16, 2024

New phylloxera research: actions for industry

Recently released research by Agriculture Victoria Research has improved our knowledge of phylloxera and how to…

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Meet Astrid Forneck: phylloxera guru

Astrid Forneck is a legend in the field of phylloxera. As the Head of the Institute…

December 17, 2024December 16, 2024

Phylloxera in the Yarra Valley: What happened

Vinehealth Australia has released a series of fact sheets examining phylloxera spread in the Yarra Valley’s…

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Jenny Venus: collaboration is key

Viticulture consultant Jenny Venus might be considered a Langhorne Creek local – she’s been working in…