AWRI Grape and Wine Roadshow Swan Valley Adapting to Difficult Vintages Workshop
Date/Time
Date(s) - 6 Dec 2013
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Jane Brook Estate Wines
Organiser
Swan Valley & Regional Winemakers Assoc
RSVP dates
29/11/2013
Cost
$50.00
Contact Details
Julie Church
Phone:
0430 622 130
Email:
[email protected]
Event Region(s)
Swan District
Category(ies)
Adapting to difficult vintages.
Are the years getting hotter, are the winters getting wetter, is vintage earlier?
In recent years, extreme weather events such as heatwaves, drought and flooding rains seem to be becoming more frequent. This workshop will provide adaptation techniques to deal with these conditions in both the winery and vineyard.
Participants will be provided with information on how to deal with drought, salinity, extreme heat or heatwave events in the vineyard, bushfires and smoke taint, processing ripe fruit in the winery and avoiding stuck fermentations, as well as dealing with a compressed vintage and logistical pressures. We will also provide information about growing grapes and making wine in wet seasons with high disease pressures including Botrytis.
The workshop will explore energy use and efficiency savings in the winery, waste water management, and will include practicals and tastings of regionally suited alternate variety wines.