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National Grapevine Collection

Healthy, true-to-type planting material is fundamental to productive vineyards, wine quality and the long-term resilience of Australia’s grape and wine sector.

The National Grapevine Collection (NGC) is a Wine Australia initiative that is strengthening how Australia protects, manages and supplies grapevine genetic resources.

About the National Grapevine Collection

For grapegrowers, nurseries and winemakers, the NGC aims to provide greater confidence in the identity, health and integrity of grapevine planting material, while improving access to the varieties, clones and rootstocks the sector needs now and into the future.

The NGC began in January 2022 and brings together collections, standards and information to support a stronger grapevine propagation system across Australia.

Supporting healthy, resilient Australian vineyards

The National Grapevine Collection focuses on three areas that strengthen Australia’s grapevine resources and planting material supply.

  • Sustainability

    Protect and preserve Australia's grapevine genetic resources

  • Accessibility

    Improve access to healthy, true-to-type planting material for grapegrowers and winemakers

  • Resilience

    Strengthen the grapevine propagation supply chain and improve the sector's resilience

The program is developing a coordinated system of grapevine collections and resources, supported by two important foundations:

  1. a national certification standard covering the grapevine propagation supply chain
  2. a national register of grapevine varieties, clones, rootstocks and propagation assets.

Read the National Grapevine Collection program overview

Find out about the VitiCert Australia certification standard

What does this mean for growers and makers?

The National Grapevine Collection is designed to strengthen confidence in the planting material underpinning Australian vineyards and wines.

Benefits include:

  • Reliable access to planting material with known identity and health status
  • Greater confidence in varietal and label integrity across Australian grape and wine products
  • Faster access to new varieties, clones and rootstocks from Australian and international breeding programs
  • Access to DNA-verified and virus-free rootstocks for establishing high-health source blocks
  • Improved biosecurity preparedness, supporting more effective management of exotic threats and outbreaks of endemic pests and diseases.

Input from stakeholders across the grape and wine supply chain helps guide the program and ensure its activities and outputs meet sector needs.

About the National Grapevine Collection Coordinator

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