Grafted Grapevine Standard

The Grafted Grapevine Standard provides assurance to growers, viticulturists, winemakers and other stakeholders and consumers, that certified grafted grapevines can be described as 'high health' vines.  

New Zealand Winegrowers encourages members to only use vines that are certified under the Grafted Grape Standard as there are both customer-specific and industry-wide benefits associated with doing so.

When starting a new vineyard or replanting an existing one it is important to specify to your nursery that you want certified high health vines.

All nurseries who are members of the Viticultural Nursery Association (VINA) would welcome questions about the benefits of buying vines certified to the Grafted Grapevine Standard.  

These nurseries include:

  • Riversun Nursery Ltd
  • Ormond Nurseries Ltd
  • Stanmore Farms Ltd
  • Vine Nursery New Zealand Ltd

Recognised Laboratories

 Laboratories recognised by New Zealand Winegrowers as being able to provide virus testing for GGS vines are:

  • Hill Labs - contact 0508 44 555 22, or email mail@hill-labs.co.nz  
  • Linnaeus Laboratory - contact 0800 254 662, or email info@linnaeus.co.nz

Approved Ampelographers

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:

(list updated July 2024)

Organisation Full Name
Ormond Nurseries Marcus Wickham
Ormond Nurseries Ben Wickham
Ormond Nurseries Susie Wickham
Ormond Nurseries Debbie Abernethy
Ormond Nurseries Karen Griffiths
Ormond Nurseries Nick Burgess
Ormond Nurseries Tash Materoa
Ormond Nurseries Logan Witteman
Ormond Nurseries Tomas Mercau
Ormond Nurseries Tim Gentry
Vine Nursery NZ Geoffrey Smith 
Riversun Hinemoa Chambers
Riversun Chris Grant
Riversun Irene Hitaua
Riversun Penelope Harrison (Penny)
Riversun Josephine Kiriwera
Riversun Raquel Kallas
Riversun Ariana Milner 
Riversun Geoff Thorpe
Stanmore Farm Kate Gibbs
Stanmore Farm Harry Gibbs
Artisan Organics Ltd Rex Sunde
Bragato Research Institute Amy Hill
NMIT Glenn Kirkwood

 

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