Services
We offer specialised viticultural services. To ensure wine grapes are grown for 'fit for purpose':
- We work alongside vineyard managers to grow healthy vines, produce uniform management units and optimise productivity while achieving fruit quality targets set by fruit purchasers.
- We aim to maximise your financial margin using our specialist knowledge, attention to detail and diverse ‘hands on’ knowledge to monitor progress against industry benchmarks and best viticultural practices.
- We value working with both suppliers and grape purchasers to develop long term
relationships.
Our clients include:
- Individual growers
- Corporate companies
- Government departments
- Peak industry bodies (regional, state and national)
We offer:
- Personalised service
Mary will always respond to your enquiry - Independence
Agricultural advice provided without bias - A broad range of knowledge and skills gained over the past 30 years
Resourced through strong networks within the wine and agribusiness communities - Tailored service
Providing innovative solutions to difficult problems - Chartered Agriculturalist (CAg)
Our services are industry and internationally recognised
How can we help your business?
Acroecology
Environmental stewardship, functional biodiversity enhancement, native insectary plants, integrated pest management, soil health, ground cover plants, stacked enterprises, growing the resilience and buffering the capacity of production systems
Revegetation projects, planting native grasses, forbs and wildflowers, monitoring predatory arthropod (insect and spider) populations
Training and extension
Development and delivery of grower training materials, educational and extension materials (manuals, workshop notes, fact sheets etc.) on agroecology, regenerative and viticultural practices
Project Management
Project work for funding bodies, grower groups etc. (grower extension, research, development and adoption)
Public speaking
Lectures and workshops
Guest presentations
Vineyard business reviews and future planning
Development and review of business plans
Assisting winegrowers to map the strategic direction of their business and adapt to climate change pressures
Vineyard appraisal and investor vineyard reviews
Vineyard pre-purchase audit (due diligence)
Review of vineyard performance and capital investment
Reporting to shareholders
Problem solving and vineyard technical advice
Vineyard pre-purchase audit (due diligence)
Review of vineyard performance and capital investment
Reporting to shareholders
Expert opinion
Court-appointed expert reporting
Review vineyard developments and provision of detailed reports for owner/investors, and/or potential purchasers (due diligence)
Specialist and independent expert reports and advice (legal or insurance claims)
Loss assessment (spray drift, frost, fire, mechanical damage, animal damage etc.)
Mediation, expert determination, arbitration
Resolution Institute (formally IAMA) Accredited Grade 3 Arbitrator and Mediator
Expert determination (Australian Wine Industry Code of Conduct)
Wine industry arbitration and mediation
Vine and fruit quality assessment
Fruit condition and purity (incidence and severity) assessment
Non-executive director/chair duties quality assessment
Corporate governance specialist, strategic planning
Research, development and adoption
Investment in cross-sectoral research, development, adoption and agtech
Networking
Connecting people through our extensive networks in the Australian wine community
Leadership, mentoring, sponsorship, capacity building, and investing in individuals
