ViNA is currently made up of 4 participating nurseries, all of whom supply grapevines produced under the GGS certification. Purchasing GGS grapevines gives a grower confidence the vines they are planting are certified as being:
- true to type (ie the Chardonnay vine you order, will be Chardonnay);
- of known virus status (free from Grapevine Leafroll associated virus 3);
- able to conform to minimum physical specifications including, but not limited to; diameter, top growth, graft union;
- able to be traced back to the vines the grafting material was sourced from.
The latest version 4.0 of the New Zealand Winegrowers Grafted Grapevine standard was released in June 2021. Maintenance and development of this standard is high on VINA’s list of priorities.
- Consultation on, and participation in relevant components of New Zealand Winegrower’s research strategy; and
- Participation in relevant biosecurity activities.
New Zealand Winegrowers accepts that the individuals included in this list have been trained by recognised ampelographers and are considered Tier 2 Ampelographers for the purposes of the Grafted Grapevine Standard.
Ormond Nurseries
Vine Nursery NZ
Riversun
Stanmore Farm
Artisan Organics Ltd
Bragato Research Institute
NMIT
Marcus Wickham
Ben Wickham
Susie Wickham
Debbie Abernethy
Karen Griffiths
Nick Burgess
Tash Materoa
Logan Witteman
Tomas Mercau
Tim Gentry
Geoffrey Smith
Hinemoa Chambers
Chris Grant
Irene Hitaua
Penelope Harrison (Penny)
Josephine Kiriwera
Raquel Kallas
Ariana Milner
Geoff Thorpe
Kate Gibbs
Harry Gibbs
Rex Sunde
Amy Hill
Glenn Kirkwood
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