National Grapevine Collection

About the National Grapevine Collection

For grapegrowers, nurseries and winemakers, the NGC aims to provide greater confidence in the identity, health and integrity of grapevine planting material, while improving access to the varieties, clones and rootstocks the sector needs now and into the future.

The NGC brings together collections, standards and information to support a stronger grapevine propagation system across Australia.

The program aims to:

• Protect and preserve Australia’s grapevine genetic resources
• Improve access to healthy, true-to-type planting material for grapegrowers and winemakers
• Strengthen the grapevine propagation supply chain and improve the sector’s resilience.

The program is developing a coordinated system of grapevine collections and resources, supported by two important foundations:

1. a national certification standard covering the grapevine propagation supply chain
2. a national register of grapevine varieties, clones, rootstocks and propagation assets.

Read the National Grapevine Collection program overview

Find out about the VitiCert Australia certification standard

What does this mean for growers and makers?

The National Grapevine Collection is designed to strengthen confidence in the planting material underpinning Australian vineyards and wines.

Benefits include:

• Reliable access to planting material with known identity and health status
• Greater confidence in varietal and label integrity across Australian grape and wine products
• Faster access to new varieties, clones and rootstocks from Australian and international breeding programs
• Access to DNA-verified and virus-free rootstocks for establishing high-health source blocks
• Improved biosecurity preparedness, supporting more effective management of exotic threats and outbreaks of endemic pests and diseases.

Input from stakeholders across the grape and wine supply chain helps guide the program and ensure its activities and outputs meet sector needs.

Read more about current National Grapevine Collection activities

Related National Grapevine Collection projects

Explore the research and development that has helped establish and progress the National Grapevine Collection:

• National Germplasm Discussion Paper
• National Grapevine Collection Coordinator
• The development of a national, grape-industry strategy for the implementation of a national standard for grapevine certification – Phase 1
• The implementation of a national standard for grapevine certification – Phase 2a

Learn more about the National Grapevine Collection, grapevine certification and work to improve the health and integrity of Australian planting material:

• Collaboration key to success for the National Grapevine Collection
• Standard for grapevine propagation material a step closer
• Project to provide virus-free planting material of celebrated ‘P58’ clone and confirmation of its origins

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