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

GGS Factsheet

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 confirms the following individual has met the criteria set by the Board to be recognised as a Grade 1 Ampelographer for the purposes of the Grafted Grapevine Standard, including training by international ampelography experts, provision of references, and a successful skills verification assessment at a New Zealand nursery:

(list updated December 2025)

Raquel Kallas
027 289 9900
raquel@naturalselection.co.nz

 

New Zealand Winegrowers accepts that the individuals included in the list below have been trained by international ampelography experts and are considered Grade 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

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

 

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