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New Vinehealth Australia Director Alec Gilbert is passionate about wine. As Chair of the National Wine Centre and former CEO of the award-winning Adelaide Convention Centre, Alec brings valuable experience and... Read More...

Vinehealth Australia and Wine Yarra Valley are running a 1.5-day Phylloxera Immersion Tour to the Yarra Valley in November, where participants will see phylloxera firsthand. To be held 26-27 November, the t... Read More...

The team at Vinehealth Australia often receives requests for assistance from growers, others across the supply chain and the wider community by phone and email. Questions and requests cover a range of topic... Read More...

Questions are being asked globally about the long-term stability of grape phylloxera resistance in commercial rootstocks. That’s why the work of the CSIRO Rootstock Breeding program, led by Harley Smith, has c... Read More...

During the Loxton Queensland fruit fly outbreak about 10 months ago, Vinehealth Australia and PIRSA Biosecurity SA produced detailed movement conditions mandatory for wine supply chain businesses to comply wit... Read More...

South Australia is playing a vital part in helping to reduce Queensland fruit fly numbers in targeted fruit-growing areas in other states as part of nationally-coordinated efforts. ABC Radio Country Hour re... Read More...

If you are thinking about purchasing secondhand machinery in time for vintage, or deciding which contractor to use to harvest your grapes, or reviewing logistics for machinery movement within your own company,... Read More...

Vinehealth Australia’s Technical Manager Suzanne McLoughlin was invited to talk about biosecurity to about 70 McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek growers on 17 October, as part of a line up of speakers covering w... Read More...

Our popular Seasonal Workers Fact Sheet is now available in Malay to complement our already extensive language set. We’ve now created seven different language versions: Malay, Vietnamese, Urdu, Hindi, Thai, Da... Read More...

A new Board has been appointed to guide operations at Vinehealth Australia, the statutory body charged with safeguarding South Australian vines from pests and diseases, including phylloxera. Dr Prue McMicha... Read More...