Grapevine management guide 2025–26

Summary

The Grapevine management guide is one of NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's flagship publications. Such publications are a crucial means of providing information to wine industry professionals.

This year’s edition has articles on:

  • an update on the resting vineyard trial – returning to production (page 59)
  • growing Chardonnay wine grapes in NSW: preparing for a changing climate (page 84)
  • agtech in vineyards: data-driven decision making (page 94)
  • new digital tools for NSW grape growers (page 96)
  • getting to know the predatory arthropods commonly found in and around Australian vineyards (page 98)
  • managing scale insects and mealybugs (page 104)
  • research into crown gall in grapevines: emerging insights into crown gall-like symptoms in Australia (page 114)
  • fire ants and viticulture (page 120)
  • an update on one of our major biosecurity threats, Xylella fastidiosa (page 122)



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Published: Aug 2025