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Grapevine planting material

High-quality planting material is important to the long-term health, productivity and resilience of Australian vineyards. Access to clean, true-to-type material supports growers when establishing, replacing or adapting vineyards.

Wine Australia supports research and initiatives to improve the health, identity, availability and diversity of grapevine planting material. This includes protecting Australia’s grapevine genetic resources, strengthening the propagation supply chain, and developing and evaluating varieties and rootstocks suited to changing production conditions.

Supporting healthy, true-to-type planting material

The National Grapevine Collection (NGC) is part of this work. The program aims to protect and preserve Australia’s grapevine genetic resources and support the supply of healthy, true-to-type planting material to Australian grapegrowers and winemakers.

The NGC brings together coordinated collections and resources, supported by a certification standard for the grapevine propagation supply chain and a national register of grapevine varieties, clones, rootstocks and propagation assets.

Explore the National Grapevine Collection

VitiCert Australia


VitiCert Australia is a new, national certification program for grapevine planting material. It is designed to give grape and wine producers greater confidence in the vines they plant when establishing a vineyard, while supporting suppliers to adopt the latest knowledge and best-practice production methods.


A national approach to grapevine certification

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