McLaren Vale
last night, released the results of the first assessment of the regions
world-class sustainability program, McLaren Vale Sustainable Winegrowing
Australia (MVSWGA) at a community event held at the McLaren Vale Bocce Club
attended by approximately 100 people.
Industry
representatives on the night included Damien Griffante, Entwine; Elise Le
Page-King and staff, AUSQUAL; Danni Oliver, CSIRO; Lynn Chamberlain and Stephen
Smith, DEWNR; Elise Hayes, GWRDC; Lawrie Stanford and Simon Berry, WGGA; Marcel
Essling, AWRI.
The
release of the results are a significant milestone for the program, which is
one of the finest programs for viticultural sustainability in the world, and
one which the McLaren Vale growers have embraced.
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| Belinda Bramley, Peter Hayes, Irina Santigo, Peter Ali & Damien Griffante |
McLaren
Vale Grape, Wine & Tourism Association (MVGWTA) Chairman Peter Hayes said
that “Uptake of MVSWGA and the results generated have certainly exceeded
expectation and to have achieved better than 30% participation in each of these
key measures is an exceptional result in the first full year of the program,”
Remarkably,
participation in MVSWGA has grown 112.2% in the past 12 months, from 41 growers
in 2011 to 87 in 2012, representing a 158.9% growth in vineyard area.
The
total area of vineyard reported by MVSWGA members was 2,255 hectares, an impressive
30.2% of the total McLaren Vale vineyard area. Winegrape tonnage reported was
11,905 tonnes from a total regional harvest of 31,775t, or 37.5% of the
region’s winegrape crop for 2012.
Click
here to download the regional results.
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