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Defining regional variability and uniqueness of premium Australian Shiraz logo
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Defining regional variability and uniqueness of premium Australian Shiraz

Wine Australia

Despite being instrumental in selling a wine’s story and commanding a price premium; terroir remains an enigmatic concept. This project supports a larger initiative, the Shiraz Terroir project (CSU 1602) that aims to describe the diversity of Shiraz wines in Australia, to understand what the compounds are in grapes that...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Australian Wine Research Institute

Development of tools to verify origin and varietal nature of wines logo
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Development of tools to verify origin and varietal nature of wines

Wine Australia

High value wine is an attractive target for substitution and fraud especially where demand outstrips supply. This can damage the reputation of the affected brand and or country of origin and costs the industry significant revenue. This project builds on previous work that investigated whether a combination of different analytical...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Australian Wine Research Institute

Bioprospecting Australian microbial genetic diversity logo
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Bioprospecting Australian microbial genetic diversity

Wine Australia

An important aspect of terroir, particularly where spontaneous fermentations are performed, is very likely to be related to differences in wine microbiota. Focused microbiological research has shown that both vineyards and spontaneous fermentations contain diverse mixtures of microbial species. However, lack of knowledge on the microbial species present is a...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Australian Wine Research Institute

Rotundone and its role in defining terroir in iconic Australian cool climate ‘peppery’ Shiraz logo
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Rotundone and its role in defining terroir in iconic Australian cool climate ‘peppery’ Shiraz

Wine Australia

Improving understanding of how provenance and terroir drive the expression of sought-after and highly valued wine styles will contribute to the continued development of the Australian wine industry. In this regard, it is important to know more about rotundone, the grape-derived ‘peppery’ flavour and aroma compound that is highly sought...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Australian Wine Research Institute

Understanding the basis of agrochemical resistance in biotrophic grapevine pathogens logo
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Understanding the basis of agrochemical resistance in biotrophic grapevine pathogens

Wine Australia

The development of resistance to agrochemicals is an ever-increasing problem in agriculture. Previous work has shown widespread prevalence of known resistance alleles in the main biotrophic grapevine pathogens Erysiphe necator (powdery mildew) and Plasmopara viticola (downy mildew) to many commonly used agrochemicals. This project aims to use genome sequencing technology...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Australian Wine Research Institute

Tracking trends in Australian wine composition and vineyard and winery practices logo
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Tracking trends in Australian wine composition and vineyard and winery practices

Wine Australia

This project will track trends in Australian wine composition and vineyard and winery practices. Compositional trends will principally be monitored by collating analytical data from wines submitted to the Australian Wine Research Institute’s analytical laboratories for commercial analysis. Trends in production practices will principally be monitored via a web-based survey...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Australian Wine Research Institute

Scion genetics & improvement: development of new disease-resistance varieties logo
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Scion genetics & improvement: development of new disease-resistance varieties

Wine Australia

The aim of this project is to breed second generation mildew-resistant scions combining powdery mildew and downy mildew resistance genes from different wild genotypes to further enhance the durability of these new selections in the vineyard. The project will carry out crosses between V. vinifera microvine progeny containing new resistance...

1 Jul 2017 - 8 Aug 2022

South Australia, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food

Scion genetics & improvement: desirable consumer traits logo
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Scion genetics & improvement: desirable consumer traits

Wine Australia

This project aims to develop genetic marker tools to enable more rapid screening of new scion selections for desirable consumer traits. Using existing breeding populations in which segregation occurs for concentrations of positive wine volatile compounds, such as acetate esters and linalool - and those with negative attributes, such as...

1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022

South Australia, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food

Rootstock genetics & improvement: new improved rootstocks with durable resistance to root-knot nematodes and phylloxera logo
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Rootstock genetics & improvement: new improved rootstocks with durable resistance to root-knot nematodes and phylloxera

Wine Australia

The project will evaluate selected rootstocks by collecting and analysing data for yield, vigour, fruit and wine quality from four existing rootstock field trials. Markers linked to root-knot nematode and phylloxera resistance loci in V. cinerea that were successfully identified earlier, will be complemented by assessing additional resistant Vitis species...

1 Jul 2017 - 8 Aug 2022

South Australia, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food

Rootstock genetics & improvement - tolerance to abiotic stress logo
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Rootstock genetics & improvement - tolerance to abiotic stress

Wine Australia

Heat, drought and salinity are abiotic stressors facing many Australian grapegrowers. Climate modelling for southern Australia suggests that these stressors are likely to increase in the coming decades. To help counter this, the major objective of this project is to develop tools for selecting and breeding grapevine rootstocks with better...

1 Jul 2017 - 8 Aug 2022

South Australia, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food