Wine Case Study
The NZSD Project has had a focus in the NZ Wine Sector or enhancing the reporting of sustainability-related information. Below is an overview of the reporting and some examples.
Overview of SWNZ reporting
Reports templates for Wineries and vineyards on Agrichemicals, Water, Irrigation and Energy.
Adoption and outcomes of sustainable winegrowing practices in NZ.
This sub-project part of the Wine case study is managed by Dr Marion Sautier and Dr Katharine Legun. See the Research Areas section for more information.
Related information
September 2015
Andrew Barber's article "The value of benchmarking: empowering sustainable winegrowing" has just been published in Irrigation New Zealand - Spring 2015 magazine. |
December 2014
Vicent Gasso's PhD thesis "Assessing Sustainability of Agricultural Systems: Balancing Context Specificity and Generality" has been published in River Publishers (Open access). As part of an exchange with Aarhus University - Denmark, Vicent spent 6 months in New Zealand in 2013, in the NZSD project team – working on a comparative case study, using the SWNZ prototype, leading to a paper presented by Andrew Barber at the IHC2014 conference - see Conferences and Seminars - August 2014.
Vicent Gasso's PhD thesis "Assessing Sustainability of Agricultural Systems: Balancing Context Specificity and Generality" has been published in River Publishers (Open access). As part of an exchange with Aarhus University - Denmark, Vicent spent 6 months in New Zealand in 2013, in the NZSD project team – working on a comparative case study, using the SWNZ prototype, leading to a paper presented by Andrew Barber at the IHC2014 conference - see Conferences and Seminars - August 2014.
August 2014
Andrew Barber has presented a paper at IHC - 29th International Horticultural Congress, 17-22 August 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
22nd August - Benchmarking Energy and Water Efficiency in New Zealand Wine Production: Eco-Verification and Incentivising Improvement Using the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard - Andrew Barber*, Vicent Gasso-Tortajada, Henrik Moller, Jon Manhire, Frank Oudshoorn, Claus Sørensen
Andrew Barber has presented a paper at IHC - 29th International Horticultural Congress, 17-22 August 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
22nd August - Benchmarking Energy and Water Efficiency in New Zealand Wine Production: Eco-Verification and Incentivising Improvement Using the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard - Andrew Barber*, Vicent Gasso-Tortajada, Henrik Moller, Jon Manhire, Frank Oudshoorn, Claus Sørensen