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)

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

 

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