Grapes

Autumn grapes

Collaboration

The NSW Department of Primary Industries (then NSW Agriculture) worked in conjunction with Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the NSW Wine Industry Association (NSW WIA) to create the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) in 1997.

The NWGIC was formed with the goal:

"to become the premier institution for the integration of research, teaching, training and information exchange for the wine industry in Australia."

Laboratory services

Testing services are available for agricultural water, soil fertility, plant nutrition, chemical residues, and insect and plant pathogen identifications.

Grapes are grown in several climatic zones in New South Wales. The main areas producing wine and table grapes are the Murrumbidgee irrigation area, the Hunter Valley, the central rangelands of Mudgee, Orange and Cowra and the area encompassing Wagga Wagga, Young and Gundagai. Table grapes are also grown in Sydney’s south-west and grapes for dried fruit are grown in the lower Murray irrigation area.

Resources from NSW DPI, Charles Sturt University and the NSW Wine Industry Association have been brought together to form the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) which undertakes research, education, training and extension activities to serve the Australian grape industry. Many of the materials produced by NSW DPI are housed at the NWGIC site.